No. 4.— 1848.] BUDDHISM. — - PATTA KAMMA. 



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future painful results ; that which produces present enjoyment 

 and painful results ; that which produces present sorrow and 

 future happy results ; and that which produces present enjoy- 

 ment and future happiness. 



" The unwise and ignorant do not distinctly understand the 

 line of conduct which produces present pain and future sorrow ; 

 in consequence of which ignorance, instead of forsaking that line 

 of conduct they follow it, and by so doing they bring increasingly 

 upon themself things undesirable, disagreeable, and unpleasant, 

 and fail to obtain those which are desirable, agreeable, and 

 pleasant. The reason of which is that these are the results 

 of ignorance. 



" The unwise and ignorant do not distinctly know what is the 

 line of conduct which, producing present enjoyment, leads to 

 painful results, in consequence of which ignorance they do not 

 forsake that line of conduct, but pursue it, and thus bring 

 increasingly upon themselves things which are undesirable, 

 disagreeable, and unpleasant, and fail to obtain those which are 

 desirable, agreeable, and pleasant. The reason of which is 

 that these are the results of ignorance. 



"The wise and learned distinctly understand the line of 

 conduct, which, though painful at present, produces happy 

 results ; and in consequence of that knowledge and learning 

 pursue that line of conduct, and do not forsake it, and thus avoid 

 those things which are undesirable, disagreeable, and unpleasant, 

 and increasingly obtain those which are agreeable, pleasant, and 

 desirable. The reason of which is that these are the results of 

 wisdom. 



" What, priests, is that line of conduct which produces present 

 pain and future sorrow? There are some persons who, enduring 

 sorrow and distress, are destroyers of animal life, or who are 

 thieves, or lewd, or liars, or slanderers, or revilers, or foolish 

 babblers, or covetous, or malignant, or heterodox, and who in 

 consequence of this conduct have in the present world to endure 



