Creator, Father  of all that are and are to be.  And

　　   the other  beings  also thought  that they have been

　　   created by Mahaabrahmaa.  Their lives are of shorter

　　   duration than that of Mahaabrahmaa.  They die in the

　　   Brahma-palace  and  are reborn  here  in this world.

　　   Here  one of them  leads  a religious  life  and can

　　   remember  his past  existence  in the Brahma-palace,

　　   but not beyond that.  He thinks  of Mahaabrahmaa  as

　　   creator permanent, fixed, eternal, of a nature which

　　   is  not  subject  to  transformation  (nicco, dhuvo,

　　   sassato,   aviparinaamadhammo)  while   he   regards

　　   himself and other beings as created by Mahaabrahmaa,

　　   impermanent,  not  fixed,  eternal, and  having  the

　　   nature   of  dying  (ancicaa,  addhuvaa,  appayukaa,

　　   cavanadhammaa).

　　　　  The last part of the above account seems to be a

　　   stock  description   which  formed  a  part  of  the

　　   original  philosophy  of  the  Ekaccasassatavaadins.

　　   According to their philosophy  only the uncreated is

　　   eternal  while  the  created  is  impermanent.  Only

　　   Mahaabrahmaa  is eternal  and the other  beings  are

　　   impermanent.  The information that Mahaabrahmaa  was

　　   made  of mind  were  most probably  not included  in

　　   their  philosophy, for  it is not  mentioned  in the

　　   utterance  of him who remembers  his past existence.

　　   Otherwise  we have to assume  that according  to the

　　   Ekaccasassatavaadins  mind  can be both created  and

　　   uncreated.  So it appears  that  this  extra  bit of

　　   information  has been added  in accordance  with the

　　   Buddhist  dogma.  Thus as per the understandings  of

　　   the　　 Buddhists,　　 the　　 followers　　 of　　 the

　　   Ekaccasassatvaada  believed  in an eternal soul only

　　   in case  of mahaabrahmaa  and this  soul was made of

　　   mind, uncreated and immortal.

　　　　  Two  other  groups  of the  Ekaccasassatavaadins

　　   (38) believed in many eternal individual souls.  But

　　   the eternity is not absolute in these cases;  it may

　　   be lost either  due to the lack of self-controll  or

　　   due   to   envy.　　 The   fourthe   group   of   the

　　   Ekaccasassatavaadins  (39)  were  comprised  of  the

　　   logicians   and  the  thinkers   who  concluded   by

　　   reasoning  that there are two souls, one impermanent

　　   and the other