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waters and the winds are ©^d) utuja (produced by the 

 seasons.) "(29.) What he meantby the seasons being the pro- 

 ducing causes of the earth, the mountains, the waters and 

 the winds, it is difficult if not impossible to ascertain. 



We have now finished our sketch of the material uni- 

 verse according to the system of Budhism, and shall pro- 



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 na sabbe* te kammeja aggiche sabbaniche bijejatani hetujany pate- 

 wicha pabbetache udekanche, watoche sabbe te utuja. "All 

 sentient beings are &%Qd>, kammaja, produced by ^5©8 

 kamma, good or bad action. Fire and all kinds of vegetables are 

 <^s>q)d), hethuja, produced by material causes. The earth, moun 

 tains, water, and air, are all produced by uthu, seasons." The 



different circumstances of sentient beings are also caused by 



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 satta kamma dayada kammeyoni kamme bandhu, kamme patisare- 

 n kammen satte wibhajati yadidan, heenappanite tayati " Young 

 man, kamma is identical with their beings, kamme is their inheri- 

 tance, kamma is their origin, kamma is their relative, kamma is 

 their support, kamma divides to beings prosperity or adversity." 

 This is the answer given by Buddha to a question put to him by 



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g^is^Q&S&M " Groutama, what is the cause or what are the means 

 by which beings born as men are seen to be high and low ; some are 

 seen to be short-lived, others are long lived ; some have much sick- 

 ness, others have constant health ; some are ugly, others are beau- 

 tiful; some are powerful, others have little influence ; some are 

 poor, while others are rich; some are of high race, others are of 

 low families ; some are foolish, while others are wise : — Goutama, 

 what is the cause or what the means by which beings, born as men 

 are esen to be high and low?" (Chullawibhanga Suttan, in the 

 Majjhima Nikaya,) 



