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tongue, the nose, the body, the mind,) are produced ; on 

 account of the six bodily organs, 6ed©seo contact, (the 

 actions of the organs) is produced ; on account of contact 

 <§&q&3d sensation, on account of sensation OV^&DD desire 

 of enjoyment; in consequence of desire, qOSc^o attachment 

 are produced ;* in consequence of attachment &D@>©3 existence 

 or state of existence is produced :f in consequence of a state 



* These are, attachment to the pleasures of the senses, including- intellectual 

 pleasures ; attachment to a religious or philosophical creed ; attachment to moral and 

 ceremonial observances ; and attachment to the doctrine that the soul or self is a dis- 

 tinct subsistence or entity. See the Wibanga division of the Abhidarma. 



t This is thus explained, 33 ^©D£§sOen ^^§^©©^^00 Cf>«5§ 

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©653^® O eS3f @eQC^£l>. Of these what is gs> cf*@t53 or moral causative 



acts ? they are merit, demerit, and the thoughts of those in the spiritual e$d 53 

 worlds, and all those actions which lead to existence — 0<5^<3^6)3ii)3 £d£os5 

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t^S>©3 Of these what are the states in which beings are produced (or come 

 into existence by birth or otherwise,) — 1. the state of censual pleasures or pains 

 £5) 3 ©CO ^ So (including the places of torment, the earth, &c, and six heavens,) — 2 

 the Brahma worlds d k C3?£)(?>©0 (where there are no sensual pleasures and no pain, 

 the enjoyments being intellectual, although there is bodily form, resembling in some 

 measure that which St. Paul may mean by " a spiritual body ;") they are 16 in num- 

 ber, and the duration of existence in them increases from one-third of a kalpa to 16,000 

 kalpas. There is one exception to the rule of intellectual enjoyments, the inhabitants of 

 epesr<5^E£e? <Tk3)3 remain during the full period of their existence in that 

 world i. e. 500 kalpas, in a state of unconscious existence. 3 — The spiritual worlds 

 6 x S3 1£> ^ where there is no bodily form ; they are four in number, and the 

 period of existence is from 20,000 to 40,000 kalpas. 4. — A conseions state of being in 

 eluding all except the efl <?5^35^ a* <S)CT> > 5.— An unconscious state of being the 

 ^ e3 £5^5^53 Ck5) 6. — A state neither fully conscious nor yet altogether unconscious, 

 0S?(3^e3^ a TD0D?f35^5d ) t^^© r) (the last of the spiritual worlds and the 

 nearest approximation to Nirwana.) Whether with one, with four, or with five of the 

 component parts of a sentient being. The greatest number which any being can 

 possess is five, viz. body, sensation, perception, the reasoning powers, and the conscious 

 faculty ; these five are possessed by the inhabitants of the world, the heavens, and 

 15 of the Brahma worlds ; four of them, sensation, perception, the reasoning powers, 

 and the conscious principle are possessed by the inhabitants of the 4 spiritual worlds, 

 and only one by the ep 53(25?^ 09 <SXS)0 namely, body. 



