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　　   rising  and passing  away of vadanaa  (sensation  or

　　   feeling),i.e.the knowledge of the pa.ticcasamuppaada

　　   which only the Buddha possessed.  That the statement

　　   reggarding  'vedanaa'  refers  to the  truth  of the

　　   dependent   origination   is  confirmed  by  another

　　   passage of the same sutta (D. 1.3.71). all the false

　　   views are rejected because they are contradicated by

　　   the law of dependent  origination.  Of all the links

　　   of  the  Pa.ticcasamuppaada,  Vedanaa  is  specially

　　   mentioned, for  the  awareness  of 'I'  is directily

　　   dependent on vedanaa.

　　　　  In corroboration  of the the conclusion  reached

　　   above  we may take note of another  sutta where  the

　　   rejection  of a false view on the basis of pa.ticca-

　　   samuppaada is explicitly mentioned.

　　　　  V) Rejection of the Ekaccasassatavaada:The Buddha

　　   in his instruction  to his  disciple  Keva.t.taputto

　　   Saati  is rejecting  the  Ekaccasassatvaaada  on the

　　   basis of pa.ticcasamuppaada.(43) Saati gave out that

　　   it is the self-same  vij~naana  that passes from one

　　   existence  to another.  Here  Saati  is speaking  in

　　   favour   of  'Saa'svatavaada.   This  statement   is

　　   elaborated  in the Papa~ncasudani  (44) to bring out

　　   its   full   significance:   'That   which   speaks,

　　   experiences  now here  now there, the fruits  of his

　　   good  and  evil   actions   is   that  consciousness

　　   (vij~naana) that  I am  speaking  about.'  The  same

　　   vij~naana  is enjoying  the fruits  of his  actions.

　　   This is the same as preaching 'Saa'svatavaada  as it

　　   will be clear from a passage  of the Sabbaasavasutta

　　   of  the  Majjhima  Nikaaya  and  a  passage from the

　　   Sa^myutta Nikaaya. The  Majjhima passage  runs  thus

　　   (45): Atha  va pana assa  evam di.t.thi  hoti: yo me

　　   ayam attaa vado vedeyya tatra tatra kalyanapapakanam

　　   vipaakam  patisa.mvedeti  so kho pana me ayam  attaa

　　   nicco dhuvo sassato  aviparinamodhammo  sassatisamam

　　   tath'eva  thassati'  'Or a wrong view occurs  to him

　　   thus: the soul of mine that speaks, experiences  now

　　   here and now there  the fruits  of his good and evil

　　   actions   is  indeed  that  soul  of  mine  that  is

　　   permanent, stable, not subject  to change, that will