BUDDHIST ETHICS.

Commit no wrong, but good deeds do,
And let thy heart be pure.

All Buddhas teach this doctrine true
Which will for aye endure.-Dh. 183.

THE BEST WEAPONS.

With goodness meet an evil deed,
With lovingkindness conquer wrath,
With generosity quench greed,

And lies, by walking in truth's path.-Dh. 223.
UNIVERSAL GOODWILL.

Suffuse the world with friendliness.
Let creatures all, both mild and stern,
See nothing that will bode them harm,
And they the ways of peace will learn.

-Chulla-Vagga, v, 6.

A GOOD OLD RULE.

Hate is not overcome by hate;
By love alone 'tis quelled.

This is a truth of ancient date,
To-day still unexcelled.-Dh. 5.

BOUNDLESS LOVE.

Do not deceive, do not despise
Each other, anywhere;

Do not be angry, nor should ye

Secret resentment bear.

For as a mother risks her life

And watches o'er her child,

So boundless be your love to all

So tender, kind and mild.

Yea, cherish goodwill right and left

All round, early and late,

And without hindrance, without stint,

From envy free and hate,

While standing, walking, sitting down,
Whate'er you have in mind,

The rule of life that's always best

Is to be loving-kind.-Mettasutta, 147-150.

THROUGHOUT THE FOUR QUARTERS.

The Tathagata's thoughts the four quarters pervade
With his pure and unlimited love-

With his love so profound and of noblest grade,
Far reaching below and above.

As a powerful trumpeter makes himself heard,
The four quarters around and about,
So to all the world the Tathagata's word

Goeth forth and leaveth none out.——

-Teviggasutta, iii, 1-2.

SWEETER.

Sweet in the world is fatherhood,
And motherhood is sweet;

But sweeter is the thought of good,
If nobly our heart beat.

Sweeter a life to old age spent
In truth and purity;

Sweeter, to reach enlightenment

And keep from evil free.-Dh. 332-333.

IN THE WORLD, NOT OF THE WORLD.

As lilies on a dung-heap grow
Sweet-scented, pure and fine,
Among the vulgar people, so

Should the disciple shine.-Dh. 58-59.

BEATITUDE.

Cherishing father and mother,
And wife and children: this
And love of a peaceful calling,

Truly, is greatest bliss.

Practising lovingkindness,

Befriending one's kindred: this

And to lead a life that is blameless,

Truly is greatest bliss.

All rivers flowing, flowing,

Must reach the distant main; The seeds which we are sowing

Will ripen into grain.-Old Buddhist Song.

THE GOAL.

Life's solace lies in aspirations

Which will remain when we are gone. Immortal through time's transformations Is he whose soul with truth grows one. He hath attained life's inmost center,

The realm where death can never enter.

My heart expandeth with emotion

To be an agent of Truth's laws. As rivers sink into the ocean,

So I'll be one with Love's great cause.

Love leadeth to life's inmost center.

The realm where death can never enter.

АМІТНАВНА.

O Amithabha, wondrous thought,

O wisdom which Lord Buddha taught!
Profound and full of beauty.

Thou, the abiding and sublime,

Art never moved in change of time.
Thou teacher of life's duty.

Brighten,

Enlighten,

Cleanse from error,

Free from terror;

Newly quicken

Those who are with blindness stricken!

Thou, Reason's norm inviolate

Truth universal, uncreate;

Right answer to life's query.

To thinkers thou art nature's law,
The prophet thou inspir'st with awe,
And givest strength the weary.
Filling