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IV, 4, 17.
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Most wonderful is it, Nâgasena, and most strange how the felt presence of love has the power of warding off all evil states of mind ".'
*Yes! The practice of love is productive of all virtuous conditions of mind both in good (beings) and in evil ones. To all beings whatsoever, who are in the bonds of conscious existence ?, is this practice of love of great advantage, and therefore ought it to be sedulously cultivated.'
[Here ends the problem as to the power of love.]
[DEVADATTA.] 17. 'Venerable Nâgasena, is the consequence the same to him who does good and to him who does evil, or is there any difference in the two cases?'
"There is a difference, O king, between good and evil. Good works have a happy result, and lead to Sagga?, and evil works have an unhappy result, and lead to Niraya :
of the feeling of love being said to have actually counteracted either fire, or poison, or sword.
It is noteworthy that the Simhalese inserts here six pages (265-271) of matter not found in the Pâli. But as it gives at length the story of Prince Sâma, it is taken, I presume, from the Gataka book. * This is something quite different from what was said before.
Ye vinnana-baddha, sabbesam, which the Simhalese takes as a gloss on 'good and evil ones,' and renders viññana prati wa da. But I prefer Mr. Trenckner's punctuation.
. That is to a temporary life in heaven. • That is to life in a temporary hell (or purgatory).
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