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BUDD<mark>HIS</mark>M anywhere. I have no doubt about t<mark>his</mark>. Thus consider me to be one whose mind is so disposed. ”. T<mark>his</mark> illustrates the hope and expectation of a disciple of Buddha, that after <mark>his</mark> death he will meet <mark>his</mark> Lord, who is described as immovable, unshakeable and without likeness. . T<mark>his</mark> is a description of God in full agreement with that found in other scriptures. . There is another interesting account giving further information about Buddha's beliefs found in Sutta-Pitaka -the second part of the Tripitaka texts, subdivided into five books containing many of the Buddha's dialogues. The president of the Pali Text Society of London, Mrs T. W. . Rhys Davids has translated some of these dialogues into. English and her translation can be found in a series of books entitled Sacred Books of the Budd<mark>his</mark>ts. Dialogue number thirteen of the second volume entitled Tevigga. Sutta, deals specifically with the question of how man can be led to God. . In response to t<mark>his</mark> question, Buddha first rejects the suggestion that anyone among the Hindu clergy of <mark>his</mark> time was capable of leading man to God, then he answers the question as he understood it himself. The background of how and where t<mark>his</mark> dialogue took place is quite interesting. . It is said that once upon a time there used to be a famous Brahman village by the name of Manasâkata. T<mark>his</mark> village was situated at a most scenic spot of the country beside a beautiful river. Its fame had reached far and wide because it was the centre of Brahmanic religious controversy. Five of these Brahmans were especially distinguished and led the school of their respective religious ideology. It so happened that Buddha also alighted by the same river along with <mark>his</mark> chosen disciples. The news spread and people began to pay him visits to enlighten themselves on Buddha's doctrine and hear about Budd<mark>his</mark>m 137