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THE SUBSTBATUM OF THE NON-LIVING discipline (ronunciation), that which hinders complete selfdisciplino and that which hinders perfect right conduot.
The substratum of the non-living is explained next.
निर्वर्तनानिक्षेपसंयोगनिसर्गा द्विचतुर्द्वित्रिमेदाः परम् ॥९॥ Nirvarlanāni kşepasamyoganisargā dvicaturdvitribhedah param
(9) 9. Production, placing, combining and urging are the substratum of the non-living.
Production, placing, mixing and urging are four. Production is of two kinds. Placing is of four kinds. Mixing is of two kinds. Urging (behaviour) is of three kinds. These are the divisions of the substratum of the non-living. It is contended that the word 'param' (the other) is unnecessary. In the previous sutra it has been said, 'the first' (i. e. the substratum of the living). Hence it follows that this sutra refers to the other (i. e. the substratum of the non-living). But it is not unnecessary. The word 'param' has another meaning. Production etc. are different from endeavour and so on. Otherwise, these would be understood as subdivisions of the substratum of the living, as these are the effects of the soul's dispositions.
Production or performance is of two kinds, the substratum of the primary attributes and the substratum of the secondary attributes. The first is of five kinds, namely that of body, speech, mind, inhalation and exhalation. Making objeots of wood, clay, etc. or pictures is of the second kind. Placing is of four kinds-placing things on the floor without seeing whether there are insects or not, placing things without properly cleaning the floor, placing the books, the water-pot, the body, etc. quickly in a hurry, and placing these things anywhere without care and not in their proper places even when there is no hurry. Combining or mixing is of two kinds, mixing food, drink, etc., and assembling together things necessary for any act or effect. Urging (behaviour) is of three kinds, urging the body, speech and mind to act. (Thus the influx of karma is dependent on the living and the non-living.)
The influx of karma in general has been explained. Now
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