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Viyahapannatti 20.8

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20.8.793

"How many regions of karmic activity, Venerable Sir, are taught?"
"Gautama, fifteen regions of karmic activity are taught, namely: five Bharatas, five Airāvatas, and five Mahāvidehas."
"How many regions of non-karmic activity, Venerable Sir, are taught?"
"Gautama, thirty regions of non-karmic activity are taught, namely: five Haimavatas, five Hairaṇyavatas, five Harivarṣas, five Ramyakavāsas, five Devakurus, and five Uttarakurus."
"In these thirty regions of non-karmic activity, Venerable Sir, is there a descending cycle or an ascending cycle?"
"That is not meaning-supported."

20.8.794

"In these five Bharatas and five Airāvatas, Venerable Sir, is there a descending cycle or an ascending cycle?"
"Yes, there is. In these five Mahāvidehas, however, there is neither a descending cycle nor an ascending cycle; stable time is taught there, O long-lived śramaṇa."
"In these five Mahāvidehas, Venerable Sir, do the Arhat Bhagavāns teach the Dharma consisting of five great vows with pratikramaṇa?"
"That is not meaning-supported.
In these five Bharatas and five Airāvatas, the first and last two Arhat Bhagavāns teach the Dharma consisting of five great vows with pratikramaṇa, whereas the remaining Arhat Bhagavāns teach the fourfold Dharma. In these five Mahāvidehas, the Arhat Bhagavāns teach the fourfold Dharma."
"In this descending cycle in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bharata, Venerable Sir, how many tīrthaṅkaras are taught?"
"Gautama, twenty-four tīrthaṅkaras are taught, namely: Ṛṣabha, Ajita, Sambhava, Abhinandana, Sumati, Suprabha, Supārśva, Śaśin, Puṣpadanta, Śītala, Śreyāṃsa, Vāsupūjya, Vimala, Ananta, Dharma, Śānti, Kunthu, Ara, Malli, Munisuvrata, Nami, Nemi, Pārśva, and Vardhamāna."

20.8.795

"Among these twenty-four tīrthaṅkaras, Venerable Sir, how many inter-Jina intervals are taught?"
"Gautama, twenty-three inter-Jina intervals are taught."
"Among these twenty-three inter-Jina intervals, Venerable Sir, for whom and where is the discontinuation of the kālika scripture taught?"
"Gautama, among these twenty-three inter-Jina intervals, here in the first eight and last eight inter-Jina intervals non-discontinuation of the kālika scripture is taught, while in the middle seven inter-Jina intervals discontinuation of the kālika scripture is taught; and everywhere indeed the Dṛṣṭivāda was discontinued."

20.8.796

"In the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bharata, in this descending cycle, Venerable Sir, for how long will the knowledge of the Pūrvas of the Beloved of the Gods endure?"
"Gautama, in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bharata, in this descending cycle, my knowledge of the Pūrvas will endure for one thousand years."
"Just as in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bharata, in this descending cycle, the knowledge of the Pūrvas of the Beloved of the Gods will endure for one thousand years, so, Venerable Sir, in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bharata, in this descending cycle, for how long did the knowledge of the Pūrvas of the remaining tīrthaṅkaras endure?"
"Gautama, for some a numerable period of time, for some an innumerable period of time."

20.8.797

"In the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bharata, in this descending cycle, Venerable Sir, for how long will the holy order of the Beloved of the Gods endure?"
"Gautama, in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bharata, in this descending cycle, my holy order will endure for twenty-one thousand years."

20.8.798

"Just as, Venerable Sir, in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bhārata, in this descending half-cycle, your tirth, Beloved of the Gods, will endure for twenty-one thousand years, so, Venerable Sir, in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bhārata, for how much time will the tirth of the last tīrthaṅkara of the future endure?"
"Gautama! As long as the monastic duration of the arhat Ṛṣabha of Kośala was, for that many numerable [years] will the tirth of the last tīrthaṅkara of the future endure."

20.8.799

"Venerable Sir, is the tirth the tirth, or is the tīrthaṅkara the tirth?"
"Gautama! The arhat is indeed necessarily the maker of the tirth (tīrthaṅkara), but the tirth is the fourfold śramaṇa-saṅgha, namely: monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen."

20.8.800

"Venerable Sir, is the proclamation (pravacana) the proclamation, or is the proclaimer the proclamation?"
"Gautama! The arhat is indeed necessarily the proclaimer, but the proclamation is the twelve-limbed Basket of the Gaṇadharas (Gaṇipiṭaka), namely: Ācāra, Sūtrakṛta, Sthāna, Samavāya, Vyākhyāprajñapti, Jñātādharmakathāḥ, Upāsakadaśāḥ, Antakṛddaśāḥ, Anuttaraupapātikadaśāḥ, Praśnavyākaraṇāni, Vipākaśruta, and Dṛṣṭivāda."
"Venerable Sir, do these Ugras, Bhogas, Rājanyas, Ikṣvākus, Jñātas, and Kauravyas—plunging into this Dharma, wash away the eightfold dirt-stain of karma, and having washed it away, then become liberated up to make an end to all suffering?"
"Yes, Gautama! These Ugras, Bhogas, Rājanyas, Ikṣvākus, Jñātas, and Kauravyas—plunging into this Dharma, wash away the eightfold dirt-stain of karma, and having washed it away, then become liberated up to make an end to all suffering; some are reborn as gods in one or another of the celestial realms."
"Venerable Sir, how many kinds of celestial realms are declared?"
"Gautama! Four kinds of celestial realms are declared, namely: Bhavanavāsin, Vāṇavyantara, Jyotiṣka, and Vaimānika."
"It is so, Venerable Sir! It is so, Venerable Sir!"

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