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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 8 Ch. 10
A. 398. Gautama! What has been said of knowledge and faith holds good of knowledge and conduct as well.
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प्रश्न ३९९ -- जस्स णं भंते ! उक्कोसिया दंसणाराहणा तस्स उक्कोसिया चरिताराहणा जस्सुक्कोसिया चरिताराणा तस्सुक्कोसिया दंसणाराहणा ?
Q.399. Bhante! Is it correct to say that one who has a high devotion to faith has also a high devotion to conduct and vice versa ?
उत्तर ३९९ – गोयमा ! जस्स कोसिया दसणाराहणा तस्स चरिताराहणा उक्कोसा वा जहण्णा वा अजहण्णमणुक्कोसा वा । जस्स पुण उक्कोसिया चरित्तासहणा तस्स दंसणाराहणा णियमा उक्कोसा |
A. 399. Gautama! One who has a high devotion to faith may have a high, low or medium devotion to conduct, but one who has a high devotion to conduct has, as a rule, a high devotion to faith.
[ last life of a devotee ]
प्रश्न ४०० –उक्कोसियं णं भंते ! णाणाराहणं आहेत्ता कइहिं भवग्गणेहिं सिज्झइ जाव... अंतं करेइ ?
Q.400. Bhante ! Through high devotion to knowledge, in how many lives does one attain perfection, till end all misery ?
उत्तर ४०० – गोयमा ! अत्थेगइए तेणेव भवग्गहणेणं सिज्झइ जाव... अंत करेइ ! अत्येगइए दोच्चणं भवग्गहणेणं सिज्झइ जाव... अंतं करेइ | अत्येगइए कम्पोत्रए सु वा कप्पाईएसु वा उववज्जइ ।
A. 400.
Gautama ! Some are perfected, till end all misery in that very life; some others in two lives; some are born in heavens called kalpas, and some in those beyond the kalpas.
