Chapter XIII · NOTES.
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“All the pleasures of the worldly joys, All which are known among the gods, Compared with the joy of ending existence, Are not as its sixteenth part.
“Sorry is he whose burden is heavy, And happy he who has cast it down; When once he has cast off his burden, He will seek to be burthened no more.
“When all existences are put away, When all notions are at an end, When all things are perfectly known, Then no more will craving come back.”
In the Udâna, II., 2, we have a stanza corresponding to the first gâthâ here cited, but the Udâna does not say “the joy of ending existence,” but “the destruction of desire.”
According to the Lalita Vistara, the Buddha’s utterance of victory is (Râjendra Mitra’s Edition p. 448):
“Cinna vartmopaçânta rajâh çuṣkâ âçravâ na punaḥ çravanti. Chinne vartmani varttate duḥkhasyaiṣonta ucyate.”
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“Aprahînam, asamprâptam, anucchinnam, açâçvatam, Aniruddham, anutpannam, evam nirvânam ucyate.”
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“Bhaved abbâvo bhâvaç ca nirvânam ubhayam katham: Asamskṛtam ca nirvânam bhâvâbhavâi ca samskṛtam.” Or, “Tasmânna bhâvo nâbhâvo nirvânamiti yujyate.”
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En passant, let us remark that as Buddha did not leave any document himself embodying his whole system, there sprang up soon after his departure several schools explaining the Master’s view in divers ways, each claiming the legitimate interpretation; that in view of this fact it is illogical to conclude that Southern Buddhism is the authoritative representation par excellence of original Buddhism, while the Eastern or the Northern is a mere degeneration. (return)
Samsârasya ca nirvânât kincid asti viçeṣaṇam: Na nirvâṇasya samsârât kincid asti viçesaṇam.
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Nirvâṇasya ca yâ kotiḥ kotiḥ samsârasya ca, Vidyâdanantaraṃ kincit susukṣnaṃ vidyate.
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“Anirodham anutpâdam anucchedam açâçvatam Anekârtham anânârtham anâgamam anirgamam.”
Literally translated these lines read:
“No annihilation, no production, no destruction, no persistence, No unity, no plurality, no coming in, no going out.”
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“Ceasing to do all wrong, Initiation into goodness, Cleansing the heart: This the religion of the Buddhas.”
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