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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 7 Ch. 10
- कालोदाई ! तत्थ णं जे से पुरिसे अगणिकायं उज्जालेइ से णं पुरिसे
णं जे से पुरिसे
महाकम्मतराए चेव जाव... . महावेयणतराए चेव । तत्थ अगणिकायं णिव्वावेइ से णं पुरिसे अप्पकम्मतराए चेव तराए चेव ।
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जाव ...
1. अप्पवेयण
- सेकेणट्ठणं भंते! एवं वुच्चइ तत्थ णं जे से पुरिसे जाव... अष्पवेयणतराए चेव ?
— कालोदाई ! तत्थ णं जे से पुरिसे अगणिकार्य उज्जालेई से गं पुरिसे बहुतरागं पुढविकायं समारंभइ बहुतरागं आउक्कार्य समारंभइ अप्पतरायं तेउकायं समारंभइ बहुतरायं वाउकायं समारंभइ बहुतरायं वणस्स इकार्य समारंभइ बहुतरायं तसकायं समारंभइ । तत्थ णं जे से पुरिसे अगणिकार्य णिव्वावेद से णं पुरिसे अप्पतरायं पुढविक्कायं समारंभइ अप्पतराय आउक्काय समारंभइ बहुतरायं तेउक्कायं समारंभइ अप्पतराय वाउकार्य समारंभइ अप्पतरायं वणस्सइकायं समारंभइ अप्पतरायं तसकार्य समारंभइ । से तेणट्ठेणं कालोदाई ! जाव ... अप्पवेयणतराए चेव ।
- "Bhante ! Suppose two persons of the same age and with the same equipment start playing with fire. Of these, one puts the fire bodies on fire and the other saves them by putting the fire out. Which of these two has great karma, great activity, great influx and great pain, and which one has little karma, little activity, little influx and little pain ? "
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- "Kalodai ! Apparently the person who ignites fire to burn the fire bodies has great karma, till great pain, and the person who helps extinguish it has little karma, till little pain."
"Bhante ! Why is it so ? "
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"Kalodāi ! A man who ignites fire kills many earth bodies, fire water bodies, few bodies, many air bodies, many plants and many moving organisms. In contrast,
a man who extinguishes fire kills but few earth bodies, few water bodies, many fire bodies, few air bodies, few plants and few moving organisms. Hence it is so.
