BUDDHISM. 



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The illustrious Gotama is a subjugator. — There is a 

 rule, O Brahman, and by that rule it may well be said of me, 

 the Samano Gotamo is a subjugator. I declare, O Brahman, 

 the subjugating Dhamma, I declare the subjugating Dhamma 

 of the various kinds of sins and demerits connected with evil 

 desire, hatred, and ignorance. This is the rule, Brahman, 

 and by that rule it may well be said of me, the Samano Gota- 

 mo is a subjugator ; but not on the account of which you speak. 



The illustrious Gotamo is an ascetic (1.) — There is a 

 rule, O Brahman, and by that rule it may well be said of me, 

 the Samano Gotamo is an ascetic. I declare, O Brahman, the 

 ascetism (literally scorching) of the course of sins and demerits. 

 I declare, O Brahman, the scorchings of evil deeds, evil words, 

 and evil thoughts. To any person is there the renunciation of the 

 courses of sins and demerits, as the palmyra tree cut up by the 

 root has no existence and no other birth ? I declare that as- 

 cetism. To Tathagato, O Brahman, are the scorchings and re- 

 nunciations of sins and demerits, as the palmyra tree when cut 

 up by the roots has no being nor future birth. This is the rule, 

 O Brahman, and by that rule it may well be said of me, that 

 Samano Gotamo is an ascetic ; but not on the account of which 

 you speak. 



The illustrious Gotamo is excluded from birth. — There 

 is a rule, O Brahman, and by that rule it may well be said 

 of the Samano Gotamo, that he is excluded from birth. As 

 to any person, Brahman, there are exclusions from another 

 foetus, another state, and another birth, like the palmyra cut 

 up by the roots, which has no more being nor future birth. I 

 declare that exclusion from birth. To him (to me) there are 

 exemptions from becoming a foetus in the womb, another state, 



(1.) Ascetic. — Pali ^Do^eescJ a scorcher, a burner, with refer- 

 ence to bodily desires, &c. 



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