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" A human being is built up of the four elements. When he dies, the earthy in him returns and relapses to the earth, the fluid to the water, the heat to the fire, the windy to the air, and his senses pass into space. "
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The Doctrine of the Buddha: The Religion of Reason

George Grimm - 1926 - 568 pages
...world and the next, make their wisdom known to others. A human being is built up of the four elements. When he dies, the earthy in him returns and relapses to the earth, the * If we want to see clearly how deeply rooted in man this consciousness is, we must think of the inappeasable...
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History of Indian Philosophy: The creative period

Shripad Krishna Belvalkar, Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade - 1927 - 578 pages
...world and the next, make their wisdom known to others. A human being is built up of the four Elements. When he dies, the earthy in him returns and relapses...the heat to the fire, the windy to the air, and his indriyas or faculties pass into space. The four bearers, he on the bier as a fifth, take his dead body...
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The Alternative Tradition: Religion and the Rejection of Religion in the ...

James Thrower - 1980 - 300 pages
...attributed to Cârvàka: A human being, [he says] is built up of the four elements; when he dies the earth in him returns and relapses to the earth, the fluid to the water, the heat to the fire, his wind to the air, and his faculties pass into space. The four bearers, with the beirs the fifth,...
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A Comparative History of Ideas

Hajime Nakamura - 1992 - 600 pages
...following doctrine: "A human being is built up of the four elements (ie, earth, water, fire, and air). 6 When he dies the earthy in him returns and relapses...the fire, the windy to the air, and his faculties pass into space. (Space was not regarded as an element. The faculties, indriyäni, mean the five senses...
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The Doctrine of the Buddha: The Religion of Reason and Meditation

George Grimm - 1965 - 432 pages
...world and the next, make their wisdom known to others. A human being is built up of the four elements. When he dies, the earthy in him returns and relapses...the heat to the fire, the windy to the air, and his senses pass into space. The four bearers, on the bier as a fifth, take his dead body away; till they...
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Collected Papers on Buddhist Studies, Volume 41

Padmanabh S. Jaini - 2001 - 588 pages
...world and the next, make their wisdom known to others. A human being is built up of the four elements. When he dies the earthy in him returns and relapses...the fire, the windy to the air, and his faculties (the five senses and the mind) pass into space. The four bearers, on the bier as a fifth, take his...
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