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

An English translation of this famous life of the Buddha, one of the great pieces of Sanskrit literature, with additions to help complete the text.

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<strong>Buddha</strong>-<strong>carita</strong>, <strong>or</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buddha</strong> - 180<br />

56. ‘When old age and disease are stopped, death also is stopped; and<br />

when birth is stopped, old age and disease are stopped;<br />

57. ‘When the action <strong>of</strong> existence is stopped, birth also is stopped;<br />

when the attachment to existence is stopped, the action <strong>of</strong> existence is<br />

stopped;<br />

58. ‘So too when desire is stopped, the attachment to existence is<br />

stopped; and with the stopping <strong>of</strong> sensation desire is no longer<br />

produced;<br />

59. ‘And when the contact <strong>of</strong> the six <strong>or</strong>gans is stopped, sensation is no<br />

longer produced; and with the stopping <strong>of</strong> the six <strong>or</strong>gans their contact<br />

(with their objects) is stopped;<br />

60. ‘And with the stopping <strong>of</strong> the <strong>or</strong>ganism the six <strong>or</strong>gans are stopped;<br />

and with the stopping <strong>of</strong> incipient consciousness the <strong>or</strong>ganism is<br />

stopped;<br />

61. ‘And with the stopping <strong>of</strong> the latent impressions incipient<br />

consciousness is stopped; and with the stopping <strong>of</strong> ign<strong>or</strong>ance the latent<br />

impressions have no longer any power.<br />

62. ‘Thus ign<strong>or</strong>ance is declared to be the root <strong>of</strong> this great trunk <strong>of</strong><br />

pain <strong>by</strong> all the wise; theref<strong>or</strong>e it is to be stopped <strong>by</strong> those who seek<br />

liberation.<br />

63. ‘Theref<strong>or</strong>e <strong>by</strong> the stopping <strong>of</strong> ign<strong>or</strong>ance all the pains also <strong>of</strong> all<br />

existing beings are at once stopped and cease to act.’

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