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For example, there is a son of a tunnavaya (weaver or tailor) He is young, strong and belongs to the right era (the third or the fourth epoch of the time cycle). He is youthful and healthy. He has steady hands and well developed and strong limbs, flanks, rib-cage and thighs He has sturdy arms like a pair of level palm trees and the bolt of a large gate The muscles and sinews have been rendered robust by regular exercises using charmestak (a leather equipment), stone, wooden club and fists. He is full of enthusiasm and inner strength. He is accomplished in leaping (long jump), jumping (high jump), sprinting and other exercises. He is skilled, agile, proficient, intelligent, accomplished, accurate and an exponent of precision in craftsmanship Such young man takes a large piece of cotton or silk cloth and tears quickly one cubit length out of it.
At this point a disciple asks the teacher
Is the time taken by that son of a tailor to quickly tear one cubit out of that large piece of cotton or silk cloth equal to one Samaya (ultimate fractional unit of time)?
(Teacher) No, it is not so.
(Student) Why?
(Teacher) Because one piece of cloth is produced by progressive assimilation of numerous integrations of many aggregates of infinite threads and without tearing the thread at the top, that at the bottom cannot be torn. Thus the thread at the top is torn at a moment that is different than the moment the bottom one is torn. Therefore, the time taken in tearing one cubit of cloth is not one Samaya.
At this statement by the teacher, the disciple asks
Is the time taken by that son of a tailor to tear the thread at the top equal to one Samaya?
(Teacher) No, it is not so.
(Student) Why?
(Teacher) Because one thread is produced by progressive assimilation of numerous integrations of many aggregates of infinite fibres and without splitting the fibre at the top, that at the bottom cannot be split. Thus the fibre at the top is split at a
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