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'Involving outward relationships, this is called depending on means;" making the material world the ground of "soul," this is called "depending on the senses." 949
'By these eight sorts of speculation are we involved in birth and death. The foolish masters of the world make their classifications in these five ways, (viz.) 950
'Darkness, folly, and great folly, angry passion, with timid fear. Indolent coldness is called "darkness;" birth and death are called "folly;" 951
'Lustful desire is "great folly," because of great men subjected to error1, cherishing angry feelings, "passion" results; trepidation of the heart is called "fear." 952
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Thus these foolish men dilate upon the five desires; but the root of the great sorrow of birth and death, the life destined to be spent in the five ways, 953
'The cause of the whirl of life, I clearly perceive, is to be placed in the existence of "I;" because of the influence of this cause, result the consequences of repeated birth and death; 954
'This cause is without any nature of its own, and its fruits have no nature; rightly considering what has been said, there are four matters which have to do with escape, 955
'Kindling wisdom-opposed to dark ignorance,— making manifest-opposed to concealment and obscurity, if these four matters be understood, then we may escape birth, old age, and death. 956
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'Literally 'great men producing error,' or it may be 'because of the birth-error (delusion) of great men.'
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