Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa

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Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 176 32. ‘Others, having found a hell in an impure lake called the womb, are born amongst men and there suffer anguish. [Here ends the original part of Buddhacarita]
The Buddha-c Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 177 33. ‘Others, ascetics, who have performed meritorious actions go to heaven; others, having attained widely extended empire, wander about on the earth; 34. ‘Others as Nāgas in the subterranean regions become the guardians of treasures, – they wander in the ocean of existence, receiving the fruits of their deeds.’ 35. Having pondered all this, in the last watch he thus reflected, ‘Alas for this whole world of living beings doomed to misery, all alike wandering astray! 36. ‘They know not that all this universe, destitute of any real refuge, is born and decays through that existence which is the site of the skandhas and pain; 37. ‘It dies and passes into a new state and then is born anew.’ Then he reflected, ‘What is that which is the necessary condition for old age and death?’ 38. He saw that when there is birth, there is old age and death, then he pondered, ‘What is that which is the necessary condition for a new birth’?’ 40. He perceived that where there has been the attachment to existence there arises a (previous) existence; then he pondered, ‘What
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