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Better than going to heaven, better than lordship over all worlds, is the reward of entering the stream of holiness.
Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of the Buddhas.
Let us live happily, not hating them that hate us. Let us live happily, though we call nothing our own. We shall be like bright gods, feeding on happiness.
From lust comes grief, from lust comes fear; he that is free from lust knows neither grief nor fear.
The best of ways is the eightfold (path); this is the way, there is no other that leads to the purifying of intelligence. Go on this way! Everything else is the deceit of Death. You yourself must make the effort. Buddhas are only preachers. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of Death.[73]
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FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 1: Compare Colebrooke's Essays, vol. ii. 460; and Muir, OST. iv. 296]
[Footnote 2: Compare Oldenberg. Buddha, p. 155.]
[Footnote 3: Especially Köppen views Buddha as a democratic reformer and liberator.]
[Footnote 4: Emile Senart, Essai sur la légende du Buddha. 1875.]
