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CHAPTER FIVÉ and karma even though they have a union mutually produced without beginning, may be from knowledge, et cetera, like that of gold and stones by fire.”
His doubt resolved by this speech of the Master, Mandika also took the vow, accompanied by three hundred and fifty disciples.
Mauryaputra also went to the Master for the destruction of his doubt and the Master said:
“Mauryaputra, your doubt is about the gods. It is false. Look, please, at these gods, Sakra and others, before your eyes, who have come themselves to this samavasaraņa. Because of their absorption in concerts, et cetera and because of the unbearable odor of mortals, they do not come during the rest of the time. Their non-existence is not (proved) by that. That they come to earth at the birth-bath, et cetera of the Arhats-the reason for that is the very great power of the holy Arhats.”
Thus enlightened by the Master's speech, Mauryaputra instantly became a mendicant with his three hundred and fifty disciples.
Then Akampita went to the Lord and the Lord said:
“Akampita, your thought is, 'Hell-inhabitants do not exist because they can not be seen. That is false. Hellinhabitants can not come here at will because of their subjection to others. People like you can not go there. They are not perceptible by the senses, (but) to be understood by reasoning, by people like you. They are actually grasped by the senses of those having knowledge from destruction of karma. Do not say, “ There are here no possessors of knowledge from destruction of karma.' The error of that doubt is evident just from me.”
After hearing this, Akampita, enlightened, undertook mendicancy in the Master's presence together with three hundred disciples.
Then Acalabhrātņ went to the Lord and the Lord said clearly:
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