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IV, 5, 15.
OF MILINDA THE KING.
his wisdom, brought back to life and made passable again the most excellent eightfold way in its original condition as when it was walked along by the previous Tathagatas,-though that way, when there was no teacher more, had become broken up, had crumbled away, had gone to ruin, was closed in, and lost to view. And therefore is it that he said:
"The Tathagata, O brethren, the Arahat, the Buddha supreme, is the discoverer of a way that was unknown."
15. 'It is, O king, as when a mother brings forth from her womb the child that is already there, and the saying that the mother has given birth to the child. Just so, O king, did the Tathagata, having gained a thorough knowledge of it by the eye of his wisdom, bring into life, and make passable again, a way that was already there, though then broken up, crumbled away, gone to ruin, closed in, and lost to view.
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'It is as when some man or other finds a thing that has been lost, and the people use the phrase: He has brought it back to life." [219] And it is as when a man clears away the jungle, and sets free1 a piece of land, and the people use the phrase: That is his land." But that land is not made by him. It is because he has brought the land into use that he is called the owner of the land. Just so, O king, did the Tathagata, having gained a thorough knowledge of it by the eye of his wisdom, bring back to life, and make passable again, a way that was already there, though then broken up, crumbled
Avaranaya kara ganneya says Hînati
1 Nîharati. kumburê.
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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 |