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BUDIIISM. 



He is the Chief, the Disposer of all things, the Controller 

 of all, the Universal Father. That Brahma by whom we 

 were created is ever during, immutable, the eternal, and 

 unchangeable, continuing for ever the same. But we, who 

 have been created by this illustrious Brahma, are mutable, 

 short lived and mortal."(33) 



By this extract it appears that Budha had a clear per- 

 ception of the doctrine of a supreme, self existing Creator, 

 yet he pronounces that doctrine to be false, for he says in 

 another part of the same discourse. " The teaching of those 

 Samanas and Brahmins, who hold that some Beings are 

 eternal and others not eternal, is founded on their ig- 

 norance and their want of perception of truth, and is the 

 result of the impressions made upon the senses. " (34.) 



There are many who are called Budhists who acknow- 

 ledge the existence of a Creator : but they do this from 

 ignorance of the teaching of Budha. The Budhist system 



(33.) The second class of philosophers on the past is 6^£Do3e£ 

 ss^3553i5«>a)q!e£eQ€3.sw Ekacha sassatika ekatcha asassatika. These, 

 hold that some beings are unchangeable and eternal, and others 

 derived and mutable. Under this head is the passage translated 

 in the lecture. 



^edes^Co«3a3S)3«6D©3SD3(SNe85»db3S6^c33998o33 these epithets are 

 defined in the comment. The word ^8©©3S33 is explained thus C3 

 <S§?S©8^C3Q©S3<5t0-asJ«>93(3©«3Desg^0ei§©^Scs30©co3«9S© c?3^. 

 Patewi himewanta sineru chakkawala maha sumudde chandime 

 suriyacha maya nimmitati. " The earth, the Himala, the Meru, 

 the Sakwala, the great oceans, the sun and moon were created by 

 me." This was, Buddha says, an erroneous view of that school. 

 Budha says, again, that there are four subjects improper to think 

 about, qpetae?s3C33sa)©©3, achenteiya dhamma, one of which was 

 about the world (as the Comment says, who created the sun, moon, 

 &c.,) if any one would think about them he would turn insane 

 (Anguttara, page 97.) 



