Viyahapannatti 13.4.577

13.4.577

“Accommodation is the defining characteristic of the extensive substance of space.
“Venerable Sir! What function takes place for jīvas through the extensive substance of jīva?”
“Gautama! Through the extensive substance of jīva, the jīva engages in application of consciousness (upayoga) towards an infinite number of modes of sensory knowledge, an infinite number of modes of scriptural knowledge, an infinite number of modes of clairvoyance knowledge, an infinite number of modes of telepathic knowledge, an infinite number of modes of omniscience, an infinite number of modes of sensory error, an infinite number of modes of scriptural error, an infinite number of modes of erroneous clairvoyance, an infinite number of modes of ocular apprehension, an infinite number of modes of non-ocular apprehension, an infinite number of modes of clairvoyant apprehension, and an infinite number of modes of omniscient apprehension. Application of consciousness is the defining characteristic of the jīva.
“Venerable Sir! What function takes place for jīvas through the extensive substance of pudgala?”
“Gautama! Through the extensive substance of pudgala, there occurs for jīvas the appropriation of gross, protean, conveyance, fiery, and karmic bodies, the auditory organ, the visual organ, the olfactory organ, the gustatory organ, and the tactile organ, mental activity, vocal activity, and physical activity, and respiration. Appropriation is the defining characteristic of the extensive substance of pudgala.”