Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c40.5

v2.c40.5

¹ R.E. VI: That they may gain heaven in the next world. R.E. IX: With this, it is possible to attain heaven (G.D. & J. Texts); it begets endless merit in the next world (K.S. & M. Texts). R.E. XIII: That which concerns the next world, the Beloved of the gods esteems as alone bearing great fruit.. . . .That (the conquest through Dhamma) is for here and hereafter (p. 332). See Bhandarkar's *Aśoka* (3rd ed), pp. 331-2, 340, 341, 342.