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become  capable  to  attract  elements  either  favourable  or  unfavourable  (to 
salvation).  The 'neutral  consciousness  arising  from  among  these  elements  and 
getting  continuously  modified  might  become  capable  of  attracting  such  ele- 
ments as  will  constitute  a  «special  modification»  in  this  stream  of  thought, 
and  from  this  special  modification,  not  from  anything  else,  л  later  result  may 
be  produced.  Thus  the  simile  might  be  applied  to  the  Elements  of  life. 
Or  we  may  illustrate  this  process  by  an  other  simile,  where  the  new  iob.  b.  8. 
result  is  produced  by  introducing  a  new  element.  If  a  kind  of  red  dye  is 
applied  to  the  flowers  of  a  citron  tree  the  result  will  be  a  pink  citron  fruit, 
produced  from  a  «special  modification))  in  the  constant  change  that  the 
flowers  will  unhergo.  But  such  a  pink  citron  fruit  will  not  produce  another 
pink  citron,  its  seed  will  produce  only  a  normal  yellow  one.  Just  in  this 
manner  it  must  be  understood  that  when  an  action  is  neutralised  by  retri- 
bution this  neutralisation  must  be  regarded  as  final,  it  is  not  capable  of 
producing  any  further  result. 
I  have  mentioned  here  only  some  rough  characteristics  of  actions  and  ioo.  a.  2. 
their  results,  as  far  as  they  are  accessible  to  my  own  limited  understanding. 
But  the  continuous  stream  of  elements  influenced  by  actions  of  different  force 
may  attain  different  kinds  of  special  modifications  which  will  produce  cor- 
responding results.  This  is  a  field -accessible  to  the  knowledge  of  Buddhas 
only.  Accordingly  it  has  been  said:  «Former  deeds  are  exercising  an  in- 
fluence upon  later  events,  this  influence  manifests  itself  in  various  ways,  the 
result  of  a  former  deed  appears  in  the  course  of  the  manifestations  of  its 
influence.  To  some  extent  this  is  generally  known,  but)  no  one  else  thau  a 
Buddha  always  precisely  knows,  what  has  been  the  former  deed,  what  in- 
fluence it  has  assumed,  what  is  the  course  of  events  in  which  it  manifesto 
itself  and  what  will  its  final  result  be». 55 
Mere  Elements  exist!  There  is  no  Soul!  ioo.  *. 4. 
This  stainless  doctrine  of  the  Buddhas, 
In  perfect  argument  exposed, 
The  Saint  perceives  in  pure  intuition. 
Wrong,  stubborn  dogma  he  rejects, 
Professed  by  blind  heretics. 
In  perfect  clearness  of  his  sight. 
He  calmly  wanders  through  these  worlds 
T'wards  life's  Repose  Eternal. 
Like  a  broad  way  in  broad  daylight 
ПзвѣетіяР.А.Н.  1919. 
