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mil.3.1.6 Milindapanha

Chapter 1

Re-incarnation

The king said: ‘Nāgasena, is there any one who after death is not reindividualised?’

‘Some are so, and some not.’

‘Who are they?’

‘A sinful being is reindividualised, a sinless one is not.’

‘Will you be reindividualised?’

‘If when I die, I die with craving for existence in my heart, yes; but if not, no.’

‘Very good, Nāgasena!’

- Translator: T.W. Rhys Davids

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato