The Bārhaspatya sūtras — fragments 1: Sūtras
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1.1
Now, then, we shall explain the principles.
1.2
Earth, water, fire and air are the principles.
1.3
Their aggregate is called body, sense organ and object.
1.4
From them, consciousness.
1.5
Consciousness, like the power to intoxicate from yeast and the rest.
1.6
The person is the body qualified by consciousness.
1.7
Pleasure alone is the aim of man.
1.8
There is no other world, since there is no one to go to another world.
1.9
Living beings are like bubbles on water.
1.10
Perception is the only means of knowledge.
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- Bārhaspatyasūtra (fragments) — Sanskrit