Questions of King Milinda Part 02

SR No.: 007682
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

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CHAPTER XXX, 12-XXXI, 3.
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true religion, abstaining from injuring the creatures, and striving for the benefit of mankind.
17. The excellence of righteousness is perfect.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Varstmânsar Nask. 1. The eighth fargard, Tâ-ve-urvâtâ?, is about advice as to reciting the revelation, the information therefrom for the faithful, about which they have to report to the unfaithful, by mentioning conspicuous specimens and explanatory knowledge, and by thinking of anything whatever which they have to accept, or even which they have not to accepts; also, for one called to the religion, the advantage owing to the attraction of mankind to the numerous actual disciplehood of the religion, and the increasing greatness materially, and further reward spiritually, owing to the numerous disciplehood; and the progress of the religion of Adharmazd even among the irreligious (adên dân) - and actual apostates.
2. This, too, that the life of the creatures of Adharmazd and also all other benefit are owing to Adharmazd 6 and the inclination (kâm varikako) of Adharmazd thereto; moreover, reward and recompense come from Adharmazd. 3. And the creatures of Aharman proceed from Aharman, all misery is owing to Aharman, and Aharman becomes worse and more oppressive and a further producer of misery when they worship him.
See Chap. VIII, in; it is here written tåg-va-rato in Pahlavi in both MSS.
* See Pahl. Yas. XXXI, 1a. B omits these last eight words. • K has akdên ân, 'infidels.' * See Pahl. Yas. XXXI, 1 c.
• Ibid. 2 c.
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