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SADDHARMA-PUNDARÍKA.
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by any one else. (His preaching) consisted in this : This is pain; this is the origin of pain; this is the suppression of pain; this is the treatment leading to suppression of pain. He moreover extensively set forth how the series of causes and effects is evolved, (and said): It is thus, monks. From ignorance proceed conceptions (or fancies); from conceptions (or fancies) proceeds understanding ?; from understanding name and form; from name and form the six senses 2; from the six senses proceeds contact; from contact sensation ; from sensation proceeds longing; from longing proceeds striving 3; from striving as cause issues existence; from existence birth; from birth old age, death, mourning, lamentation, sorrow, dismay, and despondency. So originates this whole mass of misery. From the suppression of ignorance results the suppression of conceptions; from the suppression of conceptions results that of understanding; from the suppression of understanding results that of name and form; from the suppression of name and form results that of the six senses; from the suppression of the six senses results that of contact; from the suppression of contact results that of sensation ; from the suppression of sensation results that of longing; from the suppression of longing results that of striving; from the sup pression of striving results that of existence; from the suppression of existence results that of birth ; from the suppression of birth results that of old age, death, mourning, lamentation, sorrow, dismay, and
i Or, distinctive knowledge, judgment. . And, the objects of the six senses.
Upå dâna, also taking up, and material.
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |