Viyahapannatti 17.3.704

17.3.704

"Venerable Sir! How many kinds of motion are declared?"
"Gautama! Three kinds of motion are declared, namely: body motion, sense-organ motion, and activity motion."
"Venerable Sir! How many kinds of body motion are declared?"
"Gautama! Five kinds are declared, namely: gross body motion up to karmic body motion."
"Venerable Sir! How many kinds of sense-organ motion are declared?"
"Gautama! Five kinds are declared, namely: ear sense-organ motion up to touch sense-organ motion."
"Venerable Sir! How many kinds of activity motion are declared?"
"Gautama! Three kinds are declared, namely: mind activity motion, speech activity motion, and body activity motion."
"Venerable Sir! For what reason is it said: 'Gross body motion, gross body motion'?"
"Gautama! Because jīvas existing in a gross body, transforming matter suitable for a gross body into a gross body, have moved, do move, or will move with gross body motion. For that reason, [Gautama!] up to 'gross body motion.'"
"Venerable Sir! For what reason is it said: 'Transformable body motion, transformable body motion'?"
"In the very same way, with the difference: 'existing in a transformable body'. In this way up to karmic body motion."
"Venerable Sir! For what reason is it said: 'Ear sense-organ motion, ear sense-organ motion'?"
"Gautama! Because jīvas existing in the ear sense-organ, transforming matter suitable for the ear sense-organ into the ear sense-organ, have moved, do move, or will move with ear sense-organ motion. For that reason, up to 'ear sense-organ motion'. In this way up to touch sense-organ motion."
"Venerable Sir! For what reason is it said: 'Mind activity motion, mind activity motion'?"
"Gautama! Because jīvas existing in mind activity, transforming matter suitable for mind activity into mind activity, have moved, do move, or will move with mind activity motion. For that reason, up to 'mind activity motion'. Likewise also speech activity motion. Likewise also body activity motion."