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He also knows other things far more excellent than these^ 

 but that knowledge has not been derived from sensual per- 

 ceptions. He, with knowledge not derived from the im- 

 pressions on the senses, is fully acquainted with that by 

 which both the impressions and their causes become extinct; 

 and distinctly perceiving the production, the cessation, the 

 advantages, the evils and the extinction of the sensations («) 

 he is perfectly free, having no attachments. Priests, these 

 doctrines of the Tatagato are profound, difficult to be per- 

 ceived, hard to be comprehended, tranquillizing, excellent : 

 not attainable by reason, subtle, and worthy of being known 

 by the wise. These the Tatagato has ascertained by his 

 own wisdom, and makes them publicly known. Of these 

 he may speak who correctly declares the real excellencies 

 of the Tatagato. 



Priests, there are some Samanas and Bramins who hold 

 the eternal existence of some things, but not of others, and 

 who in four modes teach concerning the soul and the world, 

 that some things are eternal, and that other things are not 

 eternal. Upon what principle or for what reason do these 

 Samanas and Bramins hold the eternal existence of some 

 things but not of others, and teach in four modes concern- 

 ing the soul and the world that some things are eternal 

 but other things not eternal ? There is a time Priests, when 

 after a very long period, this world is destroyed. (Z>) At 

 the destruction of the world very many Beings obtain ex- 

 istence in the Abassara Brahma Loka. (c) They are then 

 spiritual beings (d) have intellectual pleasures, (e) are self- 



(a) ^€)^eo3£3o wedananan, of the sensations : they are three : 

 the sensation of pleasure, the sensation of pain, and a quiescent 

 state, having neither pain nor pleasure. 



(&) Reduced to an uninhabitable state, or chaos. But it ap- 

 pears from the discourse on " The appearance of seven suns'* 

 that the whole substance of the earth and the seas will be dissi- 

 pated by the heat, so as to be, if not non-existent, at least im- 

 perceptible . 



(c) The Abassara Brahma Loka is the 6th of that series, the 

 entire number being 16. The longest period of existence in 

 Abassara is eight kalpas- The inhabitants of the Brahma Worlds 

 have bodily form, but not of that gross nature as to require the 

 nourishment of food: they have "spiritual bodies" 



d) ©<3*cdo® <^g2d manomayo, made of mind : spiritual. 



e) 8e9«3@»<56b peetibakko, feeders on joyful emotions : those 

 ' sensatibns bein^r their sustentation. 



