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CEYLON BRANCH— ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



Priests, among these Samanas and Bramins are some who 

 hold that existence is not the result of a previously exist- 

 ing cause, and in two modes teach that the soul and the 

 world are not the result of previous causation: but this 

 teaching is the result of the impressions made upon the 

 senses. 



Priests, among these Samanas and Bramins are those who 

 hold doctrines respecting previous existence, and who, me- 

 ditating on the past, on account of previous events declare 

 a variety of opinions in eighteen modes : but these are the 

 impressions made upon the senses. 



Priests, among these Samanas and Bramins are those who 

 %o\& the doctrines of future conscious existence, and in 

 sixteen modes teach that the soul consciously exists^jafter 

 death : but this teaching is the result of the impressions 

 made upon the senses. 



Priests, among these Samanas and Bramins are those 

 who hold the doctrines of future unconscious existence, and 

 in eight modes teach that the soul exists after death in a 

 state of unconsciousness : but this teaching is the result of 

 the impressions made upon the senses. 



Priests, among these Samanas and Bramins are some who 

 hold the doctrine of a future state of being neither con- 

 scious nor yet unconscious, and in eight modes teach that 

 the soul will hereafter exist in a state between conscious- 

 ness and unconsciousness : but this teaching is the result of 

 the impressions made upon the senses. 



Priests, among these Samanas and Bramins are some who 

 affirm that existence is destroyed, and who in seven modes 

 teach that existing beings are cut off, destroyed, annihi- 

 lated : (a) but this teaching is the result of the impressions 

 made upon the senses. 



Priests, among these Samanas and Bramins are some who 

 speak concerning the extinction of sorrow while in a state 

 of existence, and in five modes teach that living beings may 

 enjoy perfect happiness, but this teaching is the result of 

 the impressions made upon the senses. 



Priests, among these Samanas and Bramins are those who 

 thus hold doctrines respecting the future in forty four 

 modes : but these are the result of the impressions made 

 upon the senses. 



Priests, these Samanas and Bramins hold doctrines re- 



(a) With the exception of the £<3> all the rest hold the 



eternity of future existence. 



