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Bhagavati Sütra Bk. 6 Ch. 3
प्रश्न ४६ - णाणावरणिज्जं किं चरिमे अचरिमे बंधइ ?
उत्तर ४६ - गोयमा !
अट्ठ वि भयणाए ।
Q. 42. Does one with activities of mind bind ? Does one with activities of speech bind ? Does one with activities of body bind ? Does one without activity bind ?
A. 42. Gautama! The first three sometimes bind and sometimes do not bind. One without activity does not bind. Like this (of seven types of karma), karma obstructing pleasure excepted. The first three bind karma obstructing pleasure, but one without activity does not.
Q. 43. Does one with active cognition bind karma enshrouding knowledge? Does one without active cognition bind ?
A. 43. Gautama! Sometimes they bind and sometimes they do not bind-all the eight.
Q. 44. Does one with food intake bind karma enshrouding knowledge? Does one without food intake bind ?
A. 44. Gautama! Sometimes they bind and sometimes they do not. Like this (of six types of karma), karma enshrouding pleasure and karma giving life-span excepted. As to karma enshrouding pleasure, one with food intake binds, but one without food intake sometimes binds and sometimes does not bind. As to karma binding life-span, one with food intake sometimes binds and sometimes does not ; but one without food intake does not bind this.
Q. 45. Does a diminutive being bind karma enshrouding knowledge? Does a coarse being bind? Does one nondiminutive non-coarse bind ?
A. 45. Gautama! A diminutive being binds, a coarse being sometimes binds and sometimes does not. A nondiminutive non-coarse being does not bind. And like this
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