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38. In second state, too Venerable, What having been approached/having been focused
/some recluses and Brahmins/ are eternalists/as eternal is the self and world
proclaimed.
Here/bhikkhus/some recluse or Brahmin/by means of ardour/by means of exertion/by
means of application/by means of earnestness/by means of careful thought/such
concentration touches as where the concentrated mind/various former dwellings
places recollects as follows/one complete world-cycle/two complete world
cycles/three complete world-cycles/four complete world-cycles /five complete world-
cycles/ten complete world-cycles /twenty complete world-cycles /thrirty complete
world-cycles/there/ thus was my name/thus was my clan/thus was caste/thus was my
food/thus was I experienced the happiness and unhappiness/thus was the end of
life/He/from there/passed away/was born here/There, too/ thus was my name/thus was
my clan/thus was caste/thus was my food/thus was I experienced the happiness and
unhappiness/thus was the end of life/He/from there/passed away/was born here/
Thus/with such manner/with such indicate/many former dwelling places/recollects/

He said thus/eternal is the self and world/and barren/standing erect/firmly fixed/ those
same beings are running through/wandering/passing away/borning/existing as an
eternal/Why it is so? Im/ by means of ardour/by means of exertion/by means of
application/by means of earnestness/by means of careful thought/such concentration
touches as where the concentrated mind/various former dwellings places recollects as
follows/one birth/two births/three births/four births/five births/ten births/twenty
births/thrirty births/fourty births/fifty births/a hundred births/a thousand births/a ten
hundred thousand births/many hundred births/ many thousand births/many ten
hundred thousand births/there/ thus was my name/thus was my clan/thus was
caste/thus was my food/thus was I experienced the happiness and unhappiness/thus
was the end of life/He/from there/passed away/was born here/ Thus/with such
manner/with such indicate/many former dwelling places/recollects/through this/I
know this/ as eternal is the self and world/and barren/standing erect/firmly fixed/ those
same beings are running through/wandering/passing away/borning/existing as an
eternal

This/bhikkhus/is the second reason/where/having been approached/having been
focused/some recluses and Brahmins/ are eternalists/as eternal is the self and world
proclaimed.