A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.34
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.34
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¹ Kumāra Kassapa wants to prove to Pāyāsi that there is a soul, and yet we know that Buddha himself denies the existence of a soul substance. We also find a version of this dialogue among the Jains. Probably both sects borrowed it from an earlier source. Dhammapāla says (in his commentary on the Vimānavatthu) that this dialogue was written subsequently to the death of Buddha and the erection of a stūpa over his ashes, s. Rhys Davids, SBB, Vol. III, p. 347.