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caught in this net, and being surrounded by it will there 

 flounder up and down : even so, Priests, whatever Samana 

 or Bramin may hold doctrines respecting the past or respect- 

 ing the future, or respecting the past and the future, and 

 meditating on previous events or on those still in futurity, 

 may declare a variety of opinions respecting the past and 

 future, they are every one in this net of 62 modes, and 

 being included within it flounder up and down. 



Priests, that which binds the Tatagato to existence is cut 

 off, (a) but his body still remains, and while his body shall 

 remain he will be seen by gods and men, but after the ter- 

 mination of life, upon the dissolution of the body, neither 

 §^ds nor men will see him. Thus Priests, if the stalk upon 

 which a bunch of mangoes is suspended be cut off, all the 

 mangoes united to that stalk will accompany it : even thus 

 Priests, the Tatagato's stalk of existence is cut off, but his 

 body still remains, and while his body remains gods and 

 men perceive him, but at the end of life, when the body is 

 dissolved neither gods nor men will see him. 



When he had thus spoken the Venerable Anando said to 

 Bagawa, wonderful, O Lord, and before unknown ! what 

 name shall be given, O Lord, to this discourse. Ananda 

 this discourse may be received as the net of knowledge, (b) 

 the net of religious instruction, (c) the Braminical net, (d) 

 the net of doctrines, (e) irrefutable* victorious in the con- 

 test. 



When Bagawa had thus spoken the Priests, were highly 

 edified, and the thousand foundations of the universe were 

 shaken. 



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(a) £>©I33}K) S6D8(^^sj^i^53)3 the stalk of existence is com- 

 pletely severed, cut off. 



(b) qtsSd&Qo att'ha jalan, 

 (e) 6D©®d)(3o dainma jalan. 

 (d) §t5$©d>Qo brahma jalan. 



(c) ^§>d:Qa ditt'hu jalan. 



