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THE EISE OP BUDDHISM IN INDIA. 245
A Braliman accusing Guatama Buddha of
idling away his
time, neither sowing nor reaping, was met with this reply :
" I do plow and sow, reaping thence fruit that is immortal."
" Where are your implements, O Guatama? "
" My field is the law ; the weeds I clear away are the
cleaving to life ; my plow is wisdom ; the seed I sow is
purity ; my work, attention to the precepts ; my harvest,
Nirvana .'
TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA AND HIS DISCIPLES.
" The taint worse than all others is ignorance."
" In a corrupt world each ought to be a lotus without spot."
'• So long as the desire of man towards woman is not subdued, so long
is his mind in bondage."
" Sin will come back upon the sinful, like fine dust thrown against
the wind."
" The way of release is through the practice of the virtues."
" When the just man goes from this world to another, his good deeds
receive him as friend greets friend."
" Thyself is its own defense, its own refuge ; it atones for its own sins
none can purify another."
" Master thyself ;
so mayest thou teach others, and easily tame them,
after having tamed thyself ; for self is hardest to tame."
" Let us live happily, free from greed among the greedy, — happily,
though we call nothing our own."
"Proclaim it freely to all men, — my law is a law of mercy for all.
• . . Whoever loves will feel the longing to save not himself alone, but
all others."
" The talk of the ' high and low castes,' of the ' pure Brahmans, the
only sons of Brahma,' is nothing but sound : the four castes are equal."
" Are the Buddhas born only for the benefit of men ? Have not
Wisakha, and many others, entered the paths ? The entrance is open
for women as well as for men."
" Of all the lamps lighted in Buddha's honor, one only, brought by a
poor woman, lasted through the night."
" Forsake all evil, bring forth good, master thy own thought ; such is
Buddha's path to end all pain."
" And you yourself must make effort. The Buddhas are but
preachers."
" The good delights in this world and the next; he delights in his
own work, and is happy when going on the good path."