gem, then you see it for yourself, and the question of belief does
not arise. So the phrase in ancient Buddhist texts reads: 'Realiz-
ing, as one sees a gem (or a myrobalan fruit) in the palm'.
A disciple of the Buddha named Musila tells another monk:
'Friend Savittha, without devotion, faith or belief,
1
without
liking or inclination, without hearsay or tradition, without
considering apparent reasons, without delight in the speculations
of opinions, I know and see that the cessation of becoming is
Nirvana.'
2
A n d the Buddha says: 'O bhikkhus, I say that the destruction
of defilement and impurities is (meant) for a person w h o knows and
w h o sees, and not for a person w h o does not know and does not
see.'
3
It is always a question of knowing and seeing, and not that of
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