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on the subjeet of ereation. — by whom was the world
made. Shakya asks several questions of Brahma, —
whether was it he, who made or produced such and such
things, and endowed or blessed theni with such and such
virtues or properties, — whether was it he who caused
the several revolutions in the destruetion and regeneration
of the world. He denies that he had ever done
anything to that effect. At last he himself asks Shakya
how the world was made, — by whom? Here
are attributed all changes in the world to the moral
works of the animal beings , and it is stated that in
the world all is illusion , there is no reality in the
things; all is empty. Brahma being instrueted in
his doctrine, becomes his follower. (Asiatic researches,
Vol. 20, p. 434.)*)
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