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by the body, speech, and the mind together ; with the causes and consequences 

 of them. Then come moral tales — detailed specification of the knowledge of 

 Tathdgata with respect to the provinces of the organs and senses of the body 

 — on psycological and moral subjects — on the four great truths. Leaf 128. 

 Several places of regeneration (or new-birth) are enumerated, from the lowest 

 hell to the highest heaven, and that Tathdgata knows them all. 



Leaf 170. Sha'kya is invited by the before-mentioned householder into 

 his house to an entertainment in that fancied city — he, with some of his disci- 

 ples, goes there in a miraculous manner (all flying in the air). Leaf 174. On 

 the request of Me's-byin, an ascetic, Sha'kya leaves there the vestige of 

 his foot-sole impressed on a flat stone. Several miraculous visits performed by 

 Sha'kya, with Maungalyana and others of his disciples, since he left the 

 grove near Shrdvasti. Leaf 175. Miracles that happened with Sha'rihi-bu 

 and Maungalyana (the same as has been told in the Dulva, at their visiting 

 the " Madras" lake). 



Leaves 175 — 197. " -Mdse's-dgah" (a Ndga rdja of the sea) and several 

 other Ndga rajas also, successively make their adoration to Tathdgata, 

 (Shakya), address him, sing praises (in verse) to him, and beg him to give 

 them religious instruction on several subjects. They admire his perfections 

 and the several acts he has performed — they confess their unhappy state and 

 ignorance, and beg him to instruct them on the means by which they may 

 arrive at happiness and perfection. He answers to each of them. There are 

 many passages expressive of the attributes or perfections of Tathdgatas ; of 

 the thoughts, wishes, and works of men. There are several moral instructions 

 and maxims. 



From leaves 200 to 416, or the end of this siitra, Sha'kya addressing 

 Maungalyana, (who again asks him several times) tells the stories of seve- 

 ral individuals in very remote ages, and applies them all to himself ; and says 

 that it was he himself who acted or reasoned thus at that time. Among these 

 stories there occur many praises and hymns addressed to Tathdgatas — there are 



