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aware of the doctrine of a Creator being held by the Brah- 

 mins, and he endeavours to account for its existence. In 

 the Brahma Jala Sutra, which is the first in the Dirga 

 Nikaya, he discourses respecting the 62 different sects in 

 the philosophical Schools,(31), for they can scarcely be called 

 religions, among whom four held the doctrine both of the 

 pre-existence of the soul, and of its eternal duration through 

 countless transmigrations. (32) (The Budhist doctrine of 

 csoesod sansara is, antecedents and consequents.) Others 

 believed that some souls have always existed while others 

 have had a commencement of existence. Among these one 

 socrt is described as believing in the existence of a Creator, 

 land Budha denies the correctness of this opinion. In ex- 

 plaining how the opinion originated he says : " There is a 



(SI.) §:sJ©d)(3 bralrmajala. Braliminical net. These 62 dif- 

 ferent philosophical sects are arranged in two general divisions, 

 with their ten subdivisions g^^^^dS^o Pubhantha kappika, 

 philosophers on the past, and €fo6<d&&)68<&d aperantekappika 

 philosophers on the future. 



(32.) These are 03^553383 e, sassathawada, those who hold the 

 eternity of matter and spirit, &t£ta&hCpt^3&©®Qo&©Q3^<3Q®z}&>&. 

 Sassathan atthanancha lokancha pa nay a penthi, they hold the soul 

 and the world to be eternal. They are of fourjclasses, viz.I. — Those 

 who have a recollection of former states of existence from one up 

 to many hundred thousand previous births. II. — Those whose 

 recollection extends from 1 up to 10 eso99§990 sanwattawiwatta, 

 i. e., kalpas. III. — Those who remember from 10 up to 40 ss°8 

 QO^QBo) kalpas. The philosophers of thesethree classes remember 

 the states in which they formerly existed. gG^§>:693e5°^egedss<5<S | 

 Pubbeniwasan anussarathi their names, caste, complexion, joys, 

 and sorrows, and the duration of their lives, at the termination of 

 which they were born in another p lace and thus continued until 

 they attained to their present state of being. The conclusion they 

 draw is " Eternal are the soul and the world, unproductive of new 

 existence, immutable, firm. Living beingsflee away, they traveld 

 to and fro, they die, they are born, but they (the soul and world ) 



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