CEYLON BRANCH 



:■ — ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



named Khiddha Padusika. («) These live long in the en- 

 joyment of laughter, sport, and sensual pleasure. When 

 they have been long engaged in laughter, sport, and sen- 

 sual pleasure, their intellect becomes confused, and when 

 their intellect becomes confused they transmigrate from that 

 state of existence. It happens, Priests, that one of these 

 beings, transmigrating from that state is born here, and 

 forsaking the world he becomes a recluse. Being thus a 

 houseless priest, he subdues his passions, is constant and 

 persevering in the practice of virtue, and by profound and 

 correct meditation attains that mental tranquillity by which 

 he remembers his immediately previous state of existence, 

 but nothing prior to that. He therefore says, Those illus- 

 trious Gods who are not debauched by sensuality, do not 

 spend a long period in laughter, sport and sensual pleasures ; 

 and not spending their time in laughter, sport and sensual 

 enjoyments their intellects remain free from perturbance. 

 These Gods do not migrate from that state, but are ever 

 during, immutable, eternal and remain for ever unchange- 

 ably the same. But we were debauched with sensuality, 

 and spent a long time in laughter, sport, and sensual plea- 

 sure : and, spending a long period in laughter, sport, and 

 sensual pleasure, our intellects became confused ; and when 

 our intellects became confused we transmigrated from that 

 state. We are impermanent, mutable, short lived, and be- 

 ing subject to transmigration, have been born here. This 

 Priests, is the second reason why some Samanas and Bra- 

 mins hold the eternal existence of some things but not of 

 others, and teach concerning the soul and the world that 

 some things are eternal and other things not eternal. 



Thirdly, upon what principle or for what reason do some 

 Samanas and Bramins hold the eternal existence of some 

 things but not of others, and teach concerning the soul and 

 the world that some things are eternal and others not eter- 

 nal. Priests there are some Gods who are named Mano 

 Padusika. (6) These for a long period live irritated against 

 each other ; and being long irritated their minds become 

 evil disposed towards each other ; their bodies become weak, 

 and their minds imbecile, and they transmigrate from that 

 state of being. It then happens, Priests, that one of these 

 beings, transmigrating from that state, is born here ; and re- 



(a) Sfi'Sto og8«5a kidda padusika, debauched by sport or plea- 

 sure. 



70 ©©>«330g8«53 debauched in mind ; or criminal in heart, 



