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Q. Bhante ! How many types of matter are received by the nose ?
A. Gautama ! Two types, viz., matter giving pleasant smell and matter giving unpleasant smell.
Q. Bhante ! How many types of matter are received by the tongue ?
A. Gautama ! Two types, viz., matter giving pleasant taste and matter giving unpleasant taste.
Q. Bhante ! How many types of matter are received by the organ of touch (skin) ? .
A. Gautama ! Two types, viz., matter giving pleasant touch and matter giving unpleasant touch.
27. The details about the assemblies in the Jivábhigama Sutra are as follows:
The three assemblies of Camarendra are Samikā(tā), Caņdā and Jātā. Samikā is so called because it produces balance and equanimity. Caņdā is so called because it upsets balance and equanimity when there is provocation. Jātā is so called because it upsets balance and equanimity even without provocation. They are respectively inner, middle and outer assemblies. The inner assembly meets when convened by Camarendra himself on business which Camasidra explains before the assembly. The middle assembly mee.s when it is convened by Camarendra, or even when it is not so convened, and then Camarendra places before it the deliberations of the inner assembly and takes counsel from this assembly. The outer assembly meets even without being convened to receive the decisions and orders in order to put them into execution. All the remaining (nine) Indras in this direction have similar assemblies as the Indra of the Asurakumāras,
