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Notes and References:
1. Cf;
te ajyeṣthā akaniṣthāsa udbhido 'madhyamāsa mahāsa vivyavṛdhuh | sujataso janusā pṛṣṇimataro divo manya a no accha jigatana || The Rgveda; Ed. Vaida-samsodhona Mandala; pt. 2; Pune; Saka 1858; Verse VI-59-5; p. 922.
2. Refer the Visudhi Marga of Acarya Buddha-Ghosa, pt. 1; Ed. with Hindi translation by Bhiksu Dharma-raksite; Sarnath; 1956; p. 263.
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This very verse suggests that the Buddhists think that tolerance is the highest way of life and nirvana is the highest goal (paramatapa) of human beings.
3. lbid. p. 263.
4. Compare: sabbe satta avera avyapajjha anidha sukhi attanam parihantu sobbe pana. sabbe bhuta....... sabbe puggata sabbe attabhava-pariyapanna avera avyapajjha anidha sukhi attaram pariharntu'ti //
Ibid: p. 264.
and also:
mettasahagatena cetasa ekam disam pharitva viharati. tatha dutiyam tatha tatiyam, tatha catutthim iti udhamadho tiriyam sabbadhi sabbattataya sabba Vantam lokam mettasahagatena cetasa vipulena mahaggatena appamanena averena avyapajjhena pharita viharati || Ibid; p. 275.
5. Refer Suttnnipäta's Mettä-suttam; Ed. & translated into Hindi by Dr. Bhiksu Dharmaraksita; Delhi; 1977; p. 36.
6. Ibid; Verse; p. 36.
7. Refer; katama bodhisatvanam mahamaitri aha yatkayajivitam ca sarvakusalamulam ca sarvasatvanam niryatayanti na ca pratikaram kanks anti | aha katama bodhisatvanam mahakaruna yatpurvataram satvanam bodhimichanti natmana iti //
The Siksasamuccaya of Santideva, ad. by Cecil Bendall; Mruton and co.; 1957 (Reprint); Chapter Seven; p. 146.
8. The Sultani pata; Metta-sutiam verse No. 9; p. 36.
9. The Siksasamuccaya; pp. 212-213 and also p. 19.
10. Refer the Second Rock Edict: Girnar Version; Select Inscriptions; Pt. 1; Ed. D.C. Sircar, University of Calcutta; 1965; p. 17.
11. The Separate Rock Edict of Asoka: Dhauli version; Ibid; pp. 40-44.
12. The Siksasamvccaya; p. 187.
13. The story of Deva or Aryadeva which is preserved in the chinese translation (Najjio's catalogue Sl. No. 1462;) Title :-Thi-pho
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