with the relationship  existing between the soul and

　　   the skandhakas, and so falls under  the category  of

　　   satkaayad.r.s.ti.

　　　　  It  is  by way  of expediency  that  the  Buddha

　　   accepts  I-awareness  as the very core of an assumed

　　   attaa  and thereby  shows  that  the present  heresy

　　   suffers from internal  contradiction.  It is also to

　　   be  noted  that  the  Buddha's  instructions, though

　　   addressed  to Aananda, is ultimately  meant  for the

　　   non-Buddhist ascetics.

　　　　  iii) The Mahaanidaanasutta and the rejection  of

　　　　  the Ekaccasassatavaada

　　　　  The   Mahaanidaanasutta   (53)   also   contains

　　   passages  rejecting  the  heresy  that  the soul  is

　　   feeling.  The relevant  part  of the sutta  runs  as

　　   follows: -"Herein, Aananda, to him  who affirms'  My

　　   soul  is feeling'-answer  should  be thus made: -'My

　　   friend, feelings  is of three kinds.  There is happy

　　   feeling, painful  feeling, and neutral  feeling.  Of

　　   these   three  feelings,  look  you,  which  do  you

　　   consider your soul is?'

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　　   (53) Dialogues  of  the  Buddha, Part  II, pp.63-64;

　　　　   Diigha Nikaaya, Vol. II, XV.28; 29, pp.66-67

　　　　　　　　　　　　  P.418

　　　　  'When you feel a happy feeling you do not feel a

　　   painful  feeling or a neutral feeling, you feel just

　　   a  happy  feeling.  And  when  you  feel  a  painful

　　   feeling, you  do  not  feel  a happy  feeling  or  a

　　   neutral  feeling, but just  a painful  feeling.  And

　　   when you feel a neutral  feeling, you do not feel  a

　　   happy feeling or a painful feeling;  you feel just a

　　   neutral feeling.'

　　　　  "Moreover,　　 Aananda,　　 happy　　 feeling　　 is

　　   impermanent, conditioned  (sa~nkhata), the result of

　　   cause or causes, liable  to perish, to pass away, to

　　   become  extinct,  to  cease.   So  too  the  painful

　　   feeling.   So  too  is  neutral  feeling.   If  when

　　   experiencing  a happy feeling one thinks-'this is my

　　   soul'-when  that same happy feeling ceases, one will

　　   also  think-'my  soul has departed'-So  too when the

　　   feeling  is painful or neutral.  Thus he who say-'My

　　   soul  is  feeling'-regards, as  his  soul  something