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SRI BHAGAVATI SUTRA
से णं भंते ! णाणे किं फले ? विण्णाणफले ।
SE NAM BHAMTE ŅĀŅE KIM PHALE ? VIŅŅĀŅAPHALE
Q: O Lord! What is the fruit of attaining intellectual power? A: Dear Gautama! The fruit of knowledge is science. With awareness, we can discriminate between contemptible and acceptable nature of things.
से णं भंते! विण्णाणे कि फले? पच्चक्खाणफले ।
SE ŅAM BHAŅTE VIŅŅĀŅE KIM PHALE ? PACCAKKHĀŅAPHALE !
Q: O Lord! What is the use of scientific knowledge?. A: Dear Gautama! Scientific knowledge clears our preception about things and therefore, we can renounce things that are contemptible, through avowed commitments.
से णं भंते ! पच्चक्खाणे किं फले ? संजमफले ।
SE NAM BHAMTE | PACCAKKHĀŅE KIŅI PHALE? SAMJAMAPHALE |
Q: O Lord! What is the advantage of avowedness? A: Dear Gautam! With avowedness, we become aware and cautious about seventeen kinds of restraints towards immobile and mobile living beings. This insight leads to the control over the five senses and mind and renunciation of all sinful acts through restraint.
