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KÛLAVIYOHASUTTA.
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unto us; we will ask thee another question, answer us that: Do not some (who are considered) wise in this world tell us that the principal (thing) is the purification of the yakkha, or do they say something different from this '?'
(875) 15. 'Thus some (who are considered) wise in this world say that the principal (thing) is the purification of the yakkha; but some of them say samaya (annihilation), the expert say (that the highest purity lies) in anupâdisesa (none of the five attributes remaining)
(876) 16. 'And having known these to be dependent, the investigating Muni, having known the things we depend upon, and after knowing them being liberated, does not enter into dispute, the wise (man) does not go to reiterated existences.' (877)
Kalahavivâdasutta is ended.
12. KULAVIYUHASUTTA. A description of disputing philosophers. The different schools of
philosophy contradict each other, they proclaim different truths, but the truth is only one. As long as the disputations are going on, so long will there be strife in the world.
1. Abiding by their own views, some (people), having got into contest, assert themselves to be
1 Comp. Sundarikabhâradvâgasutta, v. 25. 2 Ettavat' aggam pi vadanti heke
Yakkhassa suddhim idha panditâse, Tesam pun' eke samayam* vadanti. Anupâdisese kusalâ vadânâ. Ete ka ñatvâ upanissitâ ti Natvâ munî nissaye so vimamsî Natvâ vimutto na vivâdam eti Bhavâbhavâya na sameti dhîro.
* Ukkhedam. Commentator.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |