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BUDHISM. 



Budha does not attempt to account for the origin of exist- 

 ing beings : he says " Bikhus, the initial point of the series 

 of transmigration is not known : he commencement does 

 not appear." (9.) He therefore confines his teachings to 

 the system as it is during the present calpa. The duration 

 of a calpa he does hot arithmetically define, but uses & 



(9.) gS©3tB«aa<s\©<5^B39 eaaas^cddS. Purmoi bikkhawe k6ti 

 napanyayati. — O Priests ! the commencement does not appear." — 

 Mahanidhana sutta wannena. 



The recital of Buddha's own abstruse meditation and attain- 

 ment to the Wijja form a very favourite part of his sermons — not 

 many discourses can we turn over without finding them alluded to. 

 'These are his words. ^sss^Qs ^peaogeD©^ §ita88©35)3(^©d3§i3©©^p 

 •22ss<^<3$ u)(^©©d3 s&Ssj^^o sa§©3(5o 3®&£hdo 8^9g©o o^©d^)3 



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© C3»a«>3S«5S)S&e&Ss3553e3ag^©© <3>S53© 235353 G^©33e3e&033o<pSiG)(53®\ 



©3qpg^Qo^^ao^aa^^3e5^e33(5^^o©^^d'^)3e3o^bS3oa^d§s33So 

 Sokhoahanbrahmana vivichch^ve kamehi vivichcha akusalehi dham- 

 mehi savithakkan savicharan vivekijan pethesukhan patamajjhanan 

 upasampajja vihasin-- vithakka vicharanan vupasama ajjhatthan 

 sampasadanan chethaso ekodibhavan awithakkan awicharan sam- 

 adhijan pethisukan duthiyajjanan upasampajja vihasin pethiyacha- 

 wiraga upekhakocha vihasin sathocha sampajano sukhancha kayena 

 patisanwedesin yanthan ariya achikkhanthi — upekhakho sathima 

 sukawiharithi tathiyajjlianaU upasampajja vihasin — sukassacha pa- 

 hana dukkassacha pahana pubbewe somenassa dhomanassanan 

 aththagamo adukkhan asukhan upekho sathi parisuddhin chath- 

 aththajjanan upasampajja vihasin." (see the English in the lecture 

 pages 94-5. (Parajika Bhayaberewe Suttan; MajjhimaMkaya; 

 JSangarawa Suttan, or Chulahattliidadopame Suttan, &c.) 



The effects of the Jhanas are stated in the following terms: 

 b(S©d<?e)3(^<«^r^o -^©d^^SoQ^jo ^csDsa 3<^8-63 g-^Scsd gS<5d)o®^<&o 



©S3<55<25) S03(5^3g©o ©OS3(^©4S ^3^cad-^)3^<S5ro-^ 8^3° 



6>«g6S«3f^S)o^'^o<SogjS)§«JQ6 aeoocs^S." Patamajjhanene Neewarana 

 kawatakan ugghateti Dutiyajjhanene Witakkawicharanadhumai^ 



