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THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES
IV, 8, 53.
is there no wonder at the Ketiya even of one whose âsavas had been destroyed, who had attained to the sixfold insight, who was master of himself. And if there be no such wonder, then, O king, [310] one should call to mind the purity of conduct one has seen, and draw in trusting faith the conclusion : “Verily, this child of the Buddhas has been entirely set free!”
Very good, Någasena! That is so, and I accept it as you say.' [Here ends the dilemma as to wonders
at the grave.]
[DILEMMA THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH.
CONVERSION AND CONDUCT.] 53. Venerable Nâgasena, those who regulate their lives aright-do they all attain to insight into the Truth, or are there some of them who do not?'
Some do, O king, and some do not.' Then which do, Sir, and which do not ?'
He who is born as an animal, O king, even though he regulate his life aright, will not attain to insight into the Truth, nor he who is born in
1 These words are very ambiguous, and unfortunately the Simhalese (p. 452), though much expanded, is equally so. The kind of wonder referred to throughout the dilemma is also doubtful. The only one of the kind mentioned, so far as I know, in the Pitakas is that referred to in the Book of the Great Decease,' V, 26, where the placing of garlands on a Ketiya produces calm in the heart. But it is difficult to believe that our author had merely a spiritual experience of this kind in his thoughts. The whole discussion points rather to the late date at which he wrote.
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| SR No. | 007682 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 2240 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 38 MB |