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of existence of a living being which can be regarded as an object from which killing can be avoided, and there being no ob ject from which killing is to be prevented, for whose injury or killing will a Sravaka (a layman devotee of the Jinésvaras) take a vow of abstinence from Hiṁsâ (killing)? All the living beings move about in the Samsara (Universe). All sthāvara living beings, after death, become trasa beings, and all trasa living beings, after death, will become sthavara living beings. Now, if all trasa living beings be converted into sthāvara living beings, how can a Śrāvaka manage to fulfil his vow of abstinence from killing trasa living beings? Because all the trasa beings from whose killing he had taken a vow to abstain, have been converted into sthâvara living beings.
Indrabhūti Gautama :-Long-lived Udaka! It never happens that all the sthavara living beings are converted into trasa beings, or that all trasa living beings are transformed into sthävara beings Taking your view-point into consideration only for a moment, there is no impediment in the Śravak's vow of abstaining from killing of trasa living beings because by the killing of sthävara living beings there is no breach of his vow of abstaining from killing trasa living beings, and he carefully avoids killIng of trase living beings to a great extent Arya Udaka! Is your assertion that there is no vow suitable for a Śrāvaka which can enable him to abstain from injuring or killing any type of various forms of living beings, for a person who is desirous of avoiding the injuring or killing of the trasa kind of living beings, justifiable? O Long-lived! It is not appropriate that you should create a different doctrine in the teachings of the Siddhāntas.
At this time, some other learned and more experienced Sadhus of Tirthankara Bhagavana Śrî Pārsva Natha came there and addressing Śramaņa Udaka, Ganadhara Mahārāja Indrabh✩ti Gautama said.-Arya Udaka! You can consult your learned Sadhus and know their opinion in this matter O Long-lived Sramaņas (ascetics)! There are some persons in this Samsăra
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