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FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING.
II, 9.
"And so the king of Sha-lo-po, called Tolo-ma (Druma)', father and son, both wandered forth as hermits, but in the end came back again together; 757
'So Po'sz-tsau Muni (Vasishtha ?), with Ontai-tieh (Atreya ?), in the wild mountains practising as Brahmakârins, these too returned to their own country. 758
Thus all these worthies of a by-gone age, famous for their advance in true religion, came back home and royally governed, as lamps enlightening the world. 759
Wherefore for you to leave the mountain wilds, religiously to rule, is not a crime. The royal prince, listening to the great minister, loving words without excess of speaking, 760
Full of sound argument, clear and unconfused, with no desire to wrangle after the way of the schools, with fixed purpose, deliberately speaking, thus answered the great minister : 761
'The question of being and not-being is an idle one, only adding to the uncertainty of an unstable mind, and to talk of such matters I have no strong (fixed) inclination ? ; 762
'Purity of life, wisdom, the practice of asceticisms, these are matters to which I earnestly apply myself“, the world is full of empty studies (discoveries) which our teachers in their office skilfully involve; 763
'But they are without any true principle, and I
place to which he returned ; ' wei’ is often used in the composition of proper names, especially those ending in 'vastu.'
Drumâksha, king of the Sâlvas. * =upadana. * Or, purely and wisely to practise self-denial (mortification). • Or, these are the certainties I for myself know.
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |