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whether an act is sinful or not. If the state of mind was murderous it was a sin even though the act committed in execution of this intention did no actually result in the loss of life; again, no sin is committed by the accidental killing of life when the act intended was not murder. It has to be taken as an echo of Buddha's statement that the state of mind accompanying an act was more important than the actual of the act. 89 The Arūpadhātu is the highest heaven of the Buddhists. The combination of all this is sufficient to establish its reference to the Buddhists.
Another verse credits some with holding that salvation which was a pleasant thing was produced by enjoying pleasures.* Harşakula and Silānka take it to refer to the Buddhists and quote many passages in support of their identification :
sarvāṇi sattvāni sukhe ratāni, sarvāṇi duḥkhāc ca
samudvijanti / tasmāt sukhārthi sukham eva dadyāt sukhapradātā
labhate sukhāni ||
All beings seek happiness and turn away from suffering; therefore the seeker of happiness should give happiness, for the giver of happiness obtains happiness.
maņuņņam bhoyaņam bhoccă maņuņņam
sayaņāsanam / maņuņņamsi agāramsi maņuņāam jhāyae munia ||
Having enjoyed a pleasant dinner, a pleasant bed and seat, a saint dwells in a pleasant adobe and meditates pleasantly.
89. Cf. Buddha's conversation with Digha Tapassi a Nirgrantha
ascetic and with Upāli, a lay disciple of Mahāvīra and
Upali's conversion in Upali Sutta. 90. Sat.S.I.ji.4.6.
