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 out of this universe. That is the way to the eternal, the way to the untraversed land. I am now on that road. Well, then, I shall tread it to its end."

And he continued to dwell on the Buddha thought, of the way which leads to the end of all suffering.

And ever darker became the blue of the diaphanous universal night.

But when it began to grow almost black, the new Brahma flashed into existence, the hundred-thousand-fold Brahma, who illumines and preserves a hundred thousand worlds.

And the Brahma sent forth a joyous summons to awake.

"Wake up, ye beings, all who have rested throughout the whole of creation's night in the lap of nothingness! Hither, to form the new Brahma universe, to enjoy the new world day, each one in his place, each one according to his strength!"

And the beings and worlds came forth from the darkness of the void, star by star, and the jubilant shouts of a hundred thousand voices and the sound as of a hundred thousand drums and conch-horns rang in the answer—

"Hail! the hundred-thousand-fold Brahma who calls us to the new universe and the new day! Hail to us who are called to share the new day with him, and to reflect in bliss his divine glory!"

When Kamanita saw and heard all this he was filled with deep pity.

"These beings and these worlds, these stellar gods, and the hundred-thousand-fold Brahma himself shout for joy to welcome the world day—rejoice in life. And why? Because they do not know it."

And this pity of his with the world, with the gods, and with the supreme god, vanquished in Kamanita the last remnant of his self-love.