CEYLON BRANCH-— EOYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 4«J 



count do some Samanas and Bramins hold the doctrine of 

 future unconscious existence, and in eight modes teach that 

 the soul will have an unconscious Existence after death ? 

 They teach that the soul is material and will have an eter- 

 nal unconscious existence after death ; or that it is immaterial, 

 or that it partakes both of materiality and immateriality, 

 or that it is neither material nor yet immaterial ; — that it 

 will be finite, or that it will be infinite, or that it will par- 

 take both of finity and infinity, or that it is neither finite 

 nor yet infinite, and that thus it will have an eternal uncon- 

 scious existence after death. 



Priests, these Samanas and Bramins hold the doctrine of 

 future unconscious existence, and in eight modes teach that 

 the soul will have an unconscious existence after death. If 

 any Samana or Bramin hold the doctrine of future uncon- 

 scious existence, and teach that the soul has an unconscious 

 existence after death, it is either in these eight modes or in 

 some of them, for there are none others besides these. 



These doctrines, Priests, are fully understood by the Ta- 

 tagato: he knows the causes of their being held and the 

 experience upon which they are founded. He also knows 

 other things far more excellent than these, but that know- 

 ledge has not been derived from sensual impressions. He, 

 with knowledge not derived from the impressions on the 

 senses, is fully acquainted with that by which both the im- 

 pressions and their causes become extinct, and distinctly 

 perceiving the production, the cessation, the advantages, 

 the evils and the extinction of the sensations, is perfectly free 

 having no attachments. Priests, these doctrines of the Ta- 

 tagato are profound, difficult to be perceived, hard to be 

 comprehended, tranquillizing, excellent, not attainable by 

 reason, subtle and worthy of being known to the wise. 

 These the Tatagato has ascertained by his own wisdom, 

 and publicly makes them known. Of these he may speak 

 who correctly declares the real excellencies of the Tata- 

 gato. 



Priests, there are some Samanas and Bramins who hold 

 that there is a future state of being neither conscious nor 

 unconscious, and in eight modes teach that the soul will 

 hereafter exist in a state between consciousness and uncon- 

 sciousness. Upon what principle and on what account do 

 these Samanas and Bramins hold the doctrine of a future 

 state of being neither conscious nor yet unconscious, and in 

 eight modes teach that the soul will hereafter exist in a state 

 between consciousness and unconsciousness. 



