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1The Venerable One spoke thus: “ There are some followers of the Sramazas, who have made this declaration: we cannot, submitting to the tonsure, renounce the life of a householder and enter the monastic state; we also cannot strictly observe the Pésaha on the fourteenth and the eighth days of each fortnight, (on the days of new-moon) and full-moon ; but while we are preparing ourselves for death by fasting, we shall abstain from food and drink without longing for the end; we shall renounce all ill-usage of living beings, all lying speech, all taking of things not given, all sexual intercourse, all property, (saying): ‘neither do nor cause anything (sinful) to be done for my sake.’ (All the rest as in the preceding paragraph.)” (18) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “ There are some men of great desires, great undertakings, &c.?, who do not abstain from all ill-usage of living beings, (&c., down to) from all property. During the whole time, from their taking the vows of a follower of the Sramamas till their death, they abstain from injury to living beings. Then they die; in their next existence they experience their Karman, and receive an evil lot. (The rest as before.)” (19) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “ There are 1 Samléhanaghisanaghisiya. * See II, 2, 61. 430 SOTRAKRITANGA, some men of no desires, no undertakings, who abstain from all ill-usage of living beings, (&c., down to) from all property. During the whole time, from their taking the vows of a follower of the Sramaaas till their death, they abstain from injury to living beings. Then they die; in their next existence they experience their Karman, and receive a happy lot. (The rest as before.)” (20) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “ There are some men of few desires, few undertakings, who abstain from ill-usage of one sort of living beings, (&c., down to) from one sort of property. During the whole time, (&c., the rest as in the last paragraph).” (21) And the Venerable One spoke thus: ‘“ There are some men who live in woods, in huts, near villages, or practise some secret rites, who are not well controlled, do not well abstain (from slaying) all sorts of living beings. They employ speech that is true and untrue at the same time: do not beat me, beat others, (&c., all as in II, 2, 21, down to) having died at their allotted time, they are born in some places inhabited by Asuras! and evil-doers. And when they are released therefrom, they will be born deaf and dumb or blind. They are called animated beings, (&c., the rest as in § 13).” (22) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “There are some beings of a long life, which a follower of the Sramazas abstains from injuring through life. They die after him. They are called animated beings, (&c., the rest as in § 13).” (23) 1 Asuriya. Stlanka here offers a second explanation of this word, viz. asQrya, where no sun ever shines. BOOK 2, LECTURE 7. 431
2They die after him. They are called animated beings, (&c., the rest as in § 13).” (23) 1 Asuriya. Stlanka here offers a second explanation of this word, viz. asQrya, where no sun ever shines. BOOK 2, LECTURE 7. 431 (The two next paragraphs treat in exactly the same way of beings of an equally long life, which die simultaneously with him, and of beings of a short life, which die before him.) (24, 25) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “There are some followers of the Sramazas, who have made this declaration: we are not able to strictly observe the Pésaha-days, but we are able, when preparing ourselves for death by fasting, to abstain from food and drink without longing for the end. The vow of such a man is the Samayika Désdvak4sika’: (he declares) in the morning: (I shall travel) only thus or thus far in an eastern, western, southern, northern direction. He renounces injury to all beings: I shall cause peace and security to all sorts of living beings. “Within those (limits) the movable living beings, which the follower of the Sramazas abstains from injuring till his death, will leave their life, and will then be born, within the same limits, as movable living beings, which the follower of the Sramazas abstains from injuring till his death. With regard to them the follower of the Sramazas has made a good renunciation. They are called animated beings, (&c., the rest as before). (26) “The movable beings within those limits, &c.*, will, ' The Désdvak4sika ‘consists in drawing closer or contracting every day the limits already laid down (in accordance with the Gumavratas) to the range of one’s travels,’ &c. The Gunavrata referred to is the Digvirati, i.e. ‘to lay down a limit beyond which one shall not travel in the different directions, or a limit as to the countries one shall visit for the acquisition of wealth.’ From Bhandarkar Report, p.114f. The explanation in the commentary materially agrees with the above. * The original repeats the phrases of the preceding paragraph. 432 SOTRAKRITANGA. after their death, be born within the same limits as immovable beings, from injuring which without a purpose the follower of the Sramamas abstains till death, but not with a purpose’, (&c., the rest as before). (27) “ The movable beings within those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, beyond those limits, as movable or immovable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (28) “ The immovable beings within those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, within the same limits, as movable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (29) “The immovable beings within those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, within the same limits, as immovable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (30) “The immovable beings within those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, beyond those limits, as immovable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (31)
3(30) “The immovable beings within those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, beyond those limits, as immovable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (31) “The movable and immovable beings beyond those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, within those limits, as movable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (32) “The movable and immovable beings beyond those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, within those limits, as immovable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (33) “The movable and immovable beings beyond those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, beyond I abridge them as far as possible, and give the full text only where it differs from that of § 26. 1 This clause comes always after the words ‘immovable beings’ down to § 34. BOOK 2, LECTURE 7. 433 those limits, as movable and immovable beings, (&c. the rest as before).” (34) The Venerable One spoke thus: “It has never happened, it does not happen, nor will it ever happen, that all movable beings will die out and become immovable ones, nor that all immovable beings die out and become movable ones. Since movable and immovable beings never die out, there is no chance, as you or somebody else say, that a layman ceases to do injury altogether by renouncing slaughter of one kind of beings; this interpretation of yours is not right.” (35) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “If (a man) who has been instructed in right knowledge, faith, and conduct for the avoidance of sins, blames a (righteous) Sramaza or Braéhmama though he is well disposed towards them, he effects the loss of his merit for another world; but if he does not blame them, he heightens the purity of his merit for another world.” On this Udaka, the son of Pédféla, took no further notice of the Venerable Gautama and was about to return in the direction in which he had come. (36) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “O longlived Udaka, he who has learned from a Sramana or Brahmaza whomsoever even one noble religious truth, and considers himself thereby furthered with regard to his peace and happiness, will respect, acknowledge, praise, salute, honour, reverence, and worship him even as a blessed and holy deity or sacred shrine.” (37) Then Udaka, the son of Pédhdla, spoke thus to the Venerable Gautama: ‘As I had not before [45] Ff 434 SOTRAKRITANGA. known, heard, understood, and comprehended these words, I did not believe in the meaning (of your words), which I had never perceived nor heard nor understood nor appreciated, and which were never explained nor defined nor delivered nor made clear to me, nor pondered over by me. But now, Reverend Sir, as I do know, &c., these words which I have perceived, heard, &c., I believe, accept, and approve of their meaning. It is just as you say!’ (38)
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1The Venerable One spoke thus: “ There are some followers of the Sramazas, who have made this declaration: we cannot, submitting to the tonsure, renounce the life of a householder and enter the monastic state; we also cannot strictly observe the Pésaha on the fourteenth and the eighth days of each fortnight, (on the days of new-moon) and full-moon ; but while we are preparing ourselves for death by fasting, we shall abstain from food and drink without longing for the end; we shall renounce all ill-usage of living beings, all lying speech, all taking of things not given, all sexual intercourse, all property, (saying): ‘neither do nor cause anything (sinful) to be done for my sake.’ (All the rest as in the preceding paragraph.)” (18) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “ There are some men of great desires, great undertakings, &c.?, who do not abstain from all ill-usage of living beings, (&c., down to) from all property. During the whole time, from their taking the vows of a follower of the Sramamas till their death, they abstain from injury to living beings. Then they die; in their next existence they experience their Karman, and receive an evil lot. (The rest as before.)” (19) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “ There are 1 Samléhanaghisanaghisiya. * See II, 2, 61. 430 SOTRAKRITANGA, some men of no desires, no undertakings, who abstain from all ill-usage of living beings, (&c., down to) from all property. During the whole time, from their taking the vows of a follower of the Sramaaas till their death, they abstain from injury to living beings. Then they die; in their next existence they experience their Karman, and receive a happy lot. (The rest as before.)” (20) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “ There are some men of few desires, few undertakings, who abstain from ill-usage of one sort of living beings, (&c., down to) from one sort of property. During the whole time, (&c., the rest as in the last paragraph).” (21) And the Venerable One spoke thus: ‘“ There are some men who live in woods, in huts, near villages, or practise some secret rites, who are not well controlled, do not well abstain (from slaying) all sorts of living beings. They employ speech that is true and untrue at the same time: do not beat me, beat others, (&c., all as in II, 2, 21, down to) having died at their allotted time, they are born in some places inhabited by Asuras! and evil-doers. And when they are released therefrom, they will be born deaf and dumb or blind. They are called animated beings, (&c., the rest as in § 13).” (22) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “There are some beings of a long life, which a follower of the Sramazas abstains from injuring through life. They die after him. They are called animated beings, (&c., the rest as in § 13).” (23) 1 Asuriya. Stlanka here offers a second explanation of this word, viz. asQrya, where no sun ever shines. BOOK 2, LECTURE 7. 431
2They die after him. They are called animated beings, (&c., the rest as in § 13).” (23) 1 Asuriya. Stlanka here offers a second explanation of this word, viz. asQrya, where no sun ever shines. BOOK 2, LECTURE 7. 431 (The two next paragraphs treat in exactly the same way of beings of an equally long life, which die simultaneously with him, and of beings of a short life, which die before him.) (24, 25) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “There are some followers of the Sramazas, who have made this declaration: we are not able to strictly observe the Pésaha-days, but we are able, when preparing ourselves for death by fasting, to abstain from food and drink without longing for the end. The vow of such a man is the Samayika Désdvak4sika’: (he declares) in the morning: (I shall travel) only thus or thus far in an eastern, western, southern, northern direction. He renounces injury to all beings: I shall cause peace and security to all sorts of living beings. “Within those (limits) the movable living beings, which the follower of the Sramazas abstains from injuring till his death, will leave their life, and will then be born, within the same limits, as movable living beings, which the follower of the Sramazas abstains from injuring till his death. With regard to them the follower of the Sramazas has made a good renunciation. They are called animated beings, (&c., the rest as before). (26) “The movable beings within those limits, &c.*, will, ' The Désdvak4sika ‘consists in drawing closer or contracting every day the limits already laid down (in accordance with the Gumavratas) to the range of one’s travels,’ &c. The Gunavrata referred to is the Digvirati, i.e. ‘to lay down a limit beyond which one shall not travel in the different directions, or a limit as to the countries one shall visit for the acquisition of wealth.’ From Bhandarkar Report, p.114f. The explanation in the commentary materially agrees with the above. * The original repeats the phrases of the preceding paragraph. 432 SOTRAKRITANGA. after their death, be born within the same limits as immovable beings, from injuring which without a purpose the follower of the Sramamas abstains till death, but not with a purpose’, (&c., the rest as before). (27) “ The movable beings within those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, beyond those limits, as movable or immovable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (28) “ The immovable beings within those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, within the same limits, as movable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (29) “The immovable beings within those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, within the same limits, as immovable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (30) “The immovable beings within those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, beyond those limits, as immovable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (31)
3(30) “The immovable beings within those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, beyond those limits, as immovable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (31) “The movable and immovable beings beyond those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, within those limits, as movable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (32) “The movable and immovable beings beyond those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, within those limits, as immovable beings, (&c., the rest as before). (33) “The movable and immovable beings beyond those limits, &c., will, after their death, be born, beyond I abridge them as far as possible, and give the full text only where it differs from that of § 26. 1 This clause comes always after the words ‘immovable beings’ down to § 34. BOOK 2, LECTURE 7. 433 those limits, as movable and immovable beings, (&c. the rest as before).” (34) The Venerable One spoke thus: “It has never happened, it does not happen, nor will it ever happen, that all movable beings will die out and become immovable ones, nor that all immovable beings die out and become movable ones. Since movable and immovable beings never die out, there is no chance, as you or somebody else say, that a layman ceases to do injury altogether by renouncing slaughter of one kind of beings; this interpretation of yours is not right.” (35) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “If (a man) who has been instructed in right knowledge, faith, and conduct for the avoidance of sins, blames a (righteous) Sramaza or Braéhmama though he is well disposed towards them, he effects the loss of his merit for another world; but if he does not blame them, he heightens the purity of his merit for another world.” On this Udaka, the son of Pédféla, took no further notice of the Venerable Gautama and was about to return in the direction in which he had come. (36) And the Venerable One spoke thus: “O longlived Udaka, he who has learned from a Sramana or Brahmaza whomsoever even one noble religious truth, and considers himself thereby furthered with regard to his peace and happiness, will respect, acknowledge, praise, salute, honour, reverence, and worship him even as a blessed and holy deity or sacred shrine.” (37) Then Udaka, the son of Pédhdla, spoke thus to the Venerable Gautama: ‘As I had not before [45] Ff 434 SOTRAKRITANGA. known, heard, understood, and comprehended these words, I did not believe in the meaning (of your words), which I had never perceived nor heard nor understood nor appreciated, and which were never explained nor defined nor delivered nor made clear to me, nor pondered over by me. But now, Reverend Sir, as I do know, &c., these words which I have perceived, heard, &c., I believe, accept, and approve of their meaning. It is just as you say!’ (38)
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