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About Absolute Agony of Misery * Indrabhîtı Gautama:-Bhagavan ! The followers of Other Paiths say that all living beings, creatures, and all elemental jīvas (living beings) suffer absolute misery. Bhagavan! Is it true?
Bhagavāna -No Gautama ! What the followers of Other Faiths say is not quite correct The Siddhāntas say that there are a number of living beings, who always suffer absolute pangs of misery and who occassionally enjoy pleasure. Also, there are a number of living beings, who always enjoy absolute happiness and who have occassional periods of pain Besides, with others, there is much uncertainty about happiness or misery.
Narakas (denizens of hell) always suffer absolute misery but they have periodical enjoyments of pleasure. Bhavanapati, Vyantara, Jyotisk and Vaimānika gods enjoy immense absolute happiness but they too, have occassional periods of pain Prithivi kâya, Ap-kāya etc the tiryancas (lower animals,
*अन्न उत्थिया ण भंते ! एवमाइक्खंति जाव परूवेंति एवं खलु सव्वे पाणा भूया जीवा सत्ता एगंतदुक्खं वेयण वेयंति, से कहमेय भंते ! एवं? गोयमा ! जन्नं ते अन्नउत्थिया जाव मिच्छते एवमासु, अहं पुण गोयमा! एवमाइक्खामि जाव परूवेमि अत्थेगइया पाणा भूया जीवा सचा एगंतसाय वेयण वेयंति आहच्च अस्साय वेयण वेयंति, अत्थेगइया पाणा भूया जीवा सत्ता वमायाए यंण वयंति आहच्च सायमसाय से केणणं ? गोयमानेरइया एगंतदुक्खं वयण वयंति [आहच्च सायमसाय] आहच्च सायं, भवणवडचाणमंतरजोइसवमाणिया एगंतसाय वदण वेयंति आहच्च असाय, पुढविक्काइया जाव मणुस्सा वेमायाए वेयण वेयंति आहच्च सायमसायं से तेण?णे० ॥ (मूत्र २५७)॥
॥श्री भगवती सूत्रे-शतके ६ उद्देशः १०-२८५ ॥
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