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knowing whether this task was faithfully executed, and it was, we may 

 suppose, from the different versions given of that doctrine, that heresies 

 arose. Francklin, in his essay (p. 12) observes that when Buddha was 

 about to die he is said to have addressed his followers to this effect : — 



" That what he told them about spiritual affairs and a future state 

 were mere allegories, as there are neither rewards nor punishments after 

 this life." I have never during my intercourse with the Buddhist priests 

 heard any such a recantation even hinted at — quite the reverse. And 

 indeed it must have, if it was ever broached, been one of the heretical 

 doctrines, for it is upon the metempsychosis and a future state that the 

 whole Buddhist system hinges, and by which its moral maxims are en- 

 forced. But I find something analogous to the above in the B-atana 

 Kalapa, under the head Mara, who was the King of the Maras, and 

 who persecuted Buddha, but was defeated, so that people who act 

 wickedly are likened to the Mara. 



' Buddha said that there is no Yama or king of Naraka (Hell) 

 but that the wicked see him in their minds' eye only.' 



Yama Raja Pathamang Dewadutang — Samanusasetwa. 



In one of the versions of the Milinda Baja in my library, it is stated 

 that there were six Munis — Purana Kassape — Makhali Kosa (Ghosa) 

 Niganda — Nataputo — Sunjoyo Welattha Buddho — Ajiwokesa, Kanbalo 

 and Pakuddho. 



Malinda then visited Purana Kassape and asked him to inform him 

 who was the protector of the world 1 The priest replied, the earth, 

 or ground. Again, by what power will souls be precipitated into hell ? 

 To this question there was no reply. Therefore Milinda reflected that 

 there were no wise and learned men in Jumbo Dwip. Pursuing his 

 questions, he asks, will the good actions of men be rewarded and the evil 

 ones punished after death ? Answer, neither — but as the mortal is here, 

 so in every way will he remain hereafter the same. Milinda — Will 

 this take place or be, where the individual may happen to have been 

 maimed accidentally or for crime ? No reply. 



After this there were no wise men in Sagal for twelve years, and if 

 any Arrahans appeared before the king he drove them away. When 

 that period had elapsed, it became known that a great assemblage of 

 krores of Arrahans had taken place in Himala at Rakhita-thalla, and 

 that their superior was xlssagutta Thero. These persons then proceeded 



