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Bhagavati Sütra Bk. 5 Ch. 6
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[ on preceptors and teachers ]
प्रश्न १०७ - आयरिय-उवज्झाए णं भंते ! सविसयंसि गणं अगिलाए संगिण्हमाणे अगिलाए उवगिण्हमाणे कइहिं भवग्गहणेहिं सिज्झइ जाव... अंत करेइ ?
उत्तर १०७ - गोयमा ! अत्येगइए तेणेव भवग्गहणेणं सिज्झइ अत्येगइए दोच्चेणं भवग्गहणेणं सिज्झइ तच्चं पुण भवग्गहणं णाइक्कमइ ।
Q. 107. Bhante! Preceptors and teachers, who, in their respective fields, accept disciples, teach them and help them without grudge (reservation) in how many births are such ones perfected,...till end all misery ?
A. 107. Gautama ! Some are perfected in that very birth, some are perfected in the second birth, but in no case they go to the third.
[ on the bondage of liars ]
प्रश्न १०८ - जे णं भंते! परं अलिएणं असम्भूएणं अब्भक्खाणेणं अब्भक्लाइ तस्स णं कहप्पगारा कम्मा कज्जंति ?
उत्तर १०८ - गोयमा ! जे णं परं अलिएणं असंतवयणेणं अब्भक्खाणेणं जन्मलाइ तस्स णं तहप्पगारा वेव कम्मा कज्जंति जत्थेव णं अभिसमागच्छइ तत्थेव णं पडिसंवेदेह तओ से पच्छा वेदेइ ।
Q. 108. Bhante! Those who distort truth, those who make false attribution, and those who malign others in their absence-what sort of karma do they acquire ?
A.. 108. Gautama! Those who distort truth, make false attribution and malign others in their absence-they acquire the sort of karma that are due to them. And then in the sort of life they acquire, they experience their outcome and they exhaust them by experiencing them.