Viyahapannatti 20.2.782

20.2.782

"Venerable Sir, how many designations of the medium of motion are proclaimed?"
"Gautama, many designations are proclaimed, namely: 'dharma', or 'medium of motion', or 'abstinence from killing living beings', or 'abstinence from false speech', and so on up to 'abstinence from possessiveness', or 'renunciation of anger', up to 'renunciation of the barb of false faith', or 'carefulness in walking', or 'carefulness in speech', or 'carefulness in seeking alms', or 'carefulness in taking and putting down bowls and utensils', or 'carefulness in depositing feces, urine, phlegm, nasal mucus, and bodily dirt', or 'guarding of mind', or 'guarding of speech', or 'guarding of body', and whichever other such [terms there are]—all these are designations of the medium of motion.

"Venerable Sir, how many designations of the medium of rest are proclaimed?"
"Gautama, many designations are proclaimed, namely: 'adharma', or 'medium of rest', or 'killing living beings', up to 'the barb of false faith', or 'lack of carefulness in walking', up to 'lack of carefulness in depositing feces, urine, phlegm, nasal mucus, and bodily dirt', or 'non-guarding of mind', or 'non-guarding of speech', or 'non-guarding of body', and whichever other such [terms there are]—all these are designations of the medium of rest.

"Venerable Sir, how many designations of the medium of space are proclaimed?"
"Gautama, many designations are proclaimed, namely: 'space', or 'medium of space', or 'firmament', or 'sky', or 'even', or 'uneven', or 'void', or 'air', or 'wave', or 'cavity', or 'ambara', or 'sky-covering', or 'aperture', or 'hollow', or 'path', or 'vimukha', or 'aṭṭa', or 'viyaṭṭa', or 'support', or 'vault of heaven', or 'receptacle', or 'intervening space', or 'dark', or 'interstice of room', or 'inaccessible', or 'crystal', or 'infinite', and whichever other such [terms there are]—all these are designations of the medium of space.

"Venerable Sir, how many designations of the medium of souls are proclaimed?"
"Gautama, many designations are proclaimed, namely: 'jīva', or 'medium of souls', or 'living being', or 'creature', or 'sentient being', or 'knower', or 'experiencer', or 'perceiver', or 'victor', or 'soul', or 'rangana', or 'hinduka', or 'pudgala', or 'human', or 'agent', or 'varied agent', or 'world', or 'organism', or 'womb', or 'self-born', or 'embodied', or 'leader', or 'inner self', and whichever other such [terms there are]—all these are designations of the medium of souls.

"Venerable Sir, how many designations of the medium of matter are proclaimed?"
"Gautama, many designations are proclaimed, namely: 'pudgala', or 'medium of matter', or 'atom of matter', or 'aggregate with two spatial units', or 'aggregate with three spatial units', up to 'aggregate with innumerably many spatial units', or 'aggregate with infinitely many spatial units', and whichever other such [terms there are]—all these are designations of the medium of matter."
"Truly so, Venerable Sir! Truly so, Venerable Sir!"