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birth in heaven as Deva (a god). I am a beloved, devoted, loveable grandson of that good lady. So, in case she comes to me and tells me as follows-0 my dear grandson ! I was your grandmother. I was spending a religious life in this Seyaviya town. I was a Shramanopasika (devotee of Shramans). As a result of it I had
accumulated a lot of auspicious karmas and therefore I have taken To re-birth in heaven (Devlok). 0 my grandson ! You also spend your
life following spiritual code of conduct so that you may accumulate * *o a large quantity of auspicious karmas (that bear good fruit). You a shall then take re-birth in heaven (Devlok).'
Therefore, in case my grandmother comes to me and tells me that "Soul and body are different, in other words that soul and body are not the same', then I can have faith in your statement, trust it, acknowledge it and make it a subject of my devotion and my interest. But until my grandmother says so, I have firm conclusion and consider it as correct that soul is body and body is soul and that he is soul and body are not different (entities)."
२४७. तए णं केसी कुमारसमणे पएसी रायं एवं वयासी
जति णं तुमं पएसी ! ण्हायं कयबलिकम्मं कयकोउय-मंगलपायच्छित्तं उल्लपडसाडगं भिंगारकडुच्छयहत्थगयं देवकुलमणुपविसमाणं केइय पुरिसे बच्चघरंसि ठिचा एवं वदेज्जाएह ताव सामी ! इह मुहुत्तगं आसयह वा, चिट्टह वा, निसीयह वा, तुयट्टह वा, तस्स णं तुमं पएसी ! पुरिसस्स खणमवि एयमटुं पडिसुणिज्जासि ?
णो तिणढे समझे। कम्हा णं? भंते ! असुई असुइ सामंतो।
एवामेव पएसी ! तव वि अज्जिया होत्था, इहेव सेयवियाए णयरीए धम्मिया जाव
विहरति, सा णं अम्हं वत्तव्वाए सुबहुं जाव उववन्ना, तीसे णं अज्जियाए तुमं णत्तुए होत्था * इटे. किमंग पुण पासणयाए ! सा णं इच्छइ माणुसं लोग हव्वमागच्छित्तए, णो चेव णं
संचाएइ हव्यमागच्छित्तए।
रायपसेणियसूत्र
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Rai-paseniya Sutra
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