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| − | 32. "[[Sariputta]], there are these four kinds of generation. What are the four? [[Egg-born]] generation, [[womb-born generation]], [[moisture-born generation]] and [[spontaneous generation]]. | + | 32. "[[Sariputta]], there are these [[four kinds of generation]]. What are the four? [[Egg-born]] generation, [[womb-born generation]], [[moisture-born generation]] and [[spontaneous generation]]. |
33. "What is [[egg-born]] generation? There are these [[beings]] born by breaking out of the shell of an egg; this is called [[egg-born generation]]. What is [[womb-born generation]]? There are these [[beings]] born by breaking out from the caul; this is called [[womb-born generation]]. What is [[moisture-born generation]]? There are these [[beings]] born in a rotten {{Wiki|fish}}, in a rotten corpse, in rotten dough, in a cesspit, or in a sewer; this is called [[moisture-born generation]]. What is [[spontaneous generation]]? There are [[gods]] and denizens of [[hell]] and certain [[human beings]] and some [[beings]] in the [[lower worlds]]; this is called [[spontaneous generation]]. These are the [[four kinds of generation]]. | 33. "What is [[egg-born]] generation? There are these [[beings]] born by breaking out of the shell of an egg; this is called [[egg-born generation]]. What is [[womb-born generation]]? There are these [[beings]] born by breaking out from the caul; this is called [[womb-born generation]]. What is [[moisture-born generation]]? There are these [[beings]] born in a rotten {{Wiki|fish}}, in a rotten corpse, in rotten dough, in a cesspit, or in a sewer; this is called [[moisture-born generation]]. What is [[spontaneous generation]]? There are [[gods]] and denizens of [[hell]] and certain [[human beings]] and some [[beings]] in the [[lower worlds]]; this is called [[spontaneous generation]]. These are the [[four kinds of generation]]. | ||
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Four Kinds of Generation
32. "Sariputta, there are these four kinds of generation. What are the four? Egg-born generation, womb-born generation, moisture-born generation and spontaneous generation.
33. "What is egg-born generation? There are these beings born by breaking out of the shell of an egg; this is called egg-born generation. What is womb-born generation? There are these beings born by breaking out from the caul; this is called womb-born generation. What is moisture-born generation? There are these beings born in a rotten fish, in a rotten corpse, in rotten dough, in a cesspit, or in a sewer; this is called moisture-born generation. What is spontaneous generation? There are gods and denizens of hell and certain human beings and some beings in the lower worlds; this is called spontaneous generation. These are the four kinds of generation.
