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Q. 110. Bhante ! Is a monk with an advanced soul capable, with the help of external matter, to transform himself into a vast woman form,..till syandamānika ?
A. 110.
Yes, he can.
Q. 111. Bhante ! How many woman forms is a monk with an advanced soul capable to create ?
A. 111. Gautama ! From the example of the lass and the lad, or of the spokes fitted into the axle of the wheel, it should follow that a monk with an advaced soul can, with the help of vaikriya samudghäta, fill up one complete Jambu-dvīpa, can cover it with woman forms,...till, oh Gautama, it's a mere power, a potentiality, but this power has never been used, is never used, and will never be used. And this is to be repeated in proper order,...till syandamānikā.
प्रश्न ११२-से जहा णामए केइ पुरिसे असि-चम्मपायं गहाय गच्छेज्जा एवामेव अणगारे वि भावियप्पा असि-चम्मपायहत्थकिच्चगएणं अप्पाणेणं उड्ढं वेहासं उप्पइज्जा ?
उत्तर ११२-हंता उप्पइज्जा।
प्रश्न ११३-अणगारे णं. भंते! भावियप्पा केवइयाइं पभू असिचम्महत्यकिच्चगयाइं रूवाइं विउव्वित्तए ?
उत्तर ११३-गोयमा ! से जहा णामए जुवई जुवाणे हत्थेणं हत्थे गेण्हेज्जा तं चेव जाव...विउव्विंसु वा विउव्वंति वा विउव्विस्संति वा।
Q. 112. A man goes out with a sword and a shield. Now, is it possible, in the same manner, for a monk with an advanced soul, to fly through the sky, with a sword and a shield 00 some business ?
A. 112.
Yes, it is possible.
