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INTRODUCTION
the idea of "Nāhamasmi"-I am not-an idea originally belonging to the Bauddhas, but assimilated by Siddhasena. This idea is both positive and negative. Happiness and misery have been discussed in the present Dwā. by the author, while stating the efficacy of the com-- bination of knowledge and action the author says :Knowledge alone is not competent to do anything. Mere knowledge of a disease is not able to uproot it. Similarly, knowledge without action is useless (27).
In the 18th Dwā, the chief subject is how to follow the instructions. In order to have the capacity to follow, time, place, conduct, age, and nature must be taken into consideration (1).
In this Dwā, he has also enumerated some of the qualities necessary for a preacher : he must be a man of purity both externally and internally. He must be serene. He must have both lustre and corr passion in him. He must have a clear idea as to what he neans: to say and as to what the rival doctrines mean to say. His tongue must be very sweet and clever. He must be a man who has controlled his mind and senses (2).
A candidate for religious initiation is sometimes overwhelined with doubts rising, of themselves, in his heart. Sometimes the doubts are created in his mind by others. Some of the initiated have the capacity to master the words of the scriptures. Others have tbe capacity to know the inner meaning of the scriptares, while still others have the double capacity of comprehending the meaning as well as remembering the words of the texts (5)
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