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five BouDHOUs was called Kakoosande : the se- 

 cond Konagaaie ; the third Cassiape; the fourth 

 Gauteme ; he, by whose laws the Avorld is go- 

 verned, and will be jj^overned for ^^657 years to 

 come, from the 1st of 'Mux 1801 of the Christian 

 era. It is 2344' years since Boudhou became Ni- 

 vaui. This era is called Boudhouvarouse ; the 

 fifth, the Boudhou to come, will be called Maitri. 

 He is actually in the heaven Santhoupitie. There 

 has been a Laouioaras Boudhou, named Dipan- 

 KERE, who has done incredihle things. He lived in 

 a very remote Mahakalpe. Between him and Gau- 

 Ti ME there were twenty-two Laoutouras. Th^ Passe 

 BouDHous are very numerous ; but none have ever 

 existed in a Mahakalpe which has produced a Laou- 

 toure. 



The Arihats are as numerous as the preceding 

 ones; many of them were promoted by Gautzme 

 to be his gu;ivd, but they have all become Nivani. 

 The last survivor of these inhabited iht JFannij, the 

 northern part of Ceylon, before he became Arihat, 

 The Laoutouras owe their becoming Boudhous to 

 their virtues. They transmigrated an infinite num- 

 ber of years before they obtained it. They were all 

 animals, men, and even- spirits or gods Among 

 these gods are all the BrahmeSy and even Maha 

 Brah^ia himself. But in the spiritual hierarchy 

 thev are all inferior to the Boudhous. The state of 

 a Boudhou is that to which every being should 

 aspire : because, to become Nivani, one must first 

 be a Boudhou of one of the three sorts. The violent 

 propensity to become Nivani proceeds from a dread 

 that, in one of their infinite number of transmigra- 

 tions, they may assume the shape and character of 

 an uncleanly animal, or an inferior devil. ]\Iaha 

 Brahma is a god who has become such, after many 

 transmigrations, and who is destined for the state of 

 Boudhou ; in the mean time, he is superior to all 

 the Brahmes. There can be but one Maha 



Brahma 



