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IV, 30.
there is a light which causes the brightening of light. 1639
*The wise man leaving first principles', should go on to get more light?; evil words will be repeated far and wide by the multitude, but there are few to follow good direction; 1640
'It is impossible however to avoid result of works, the doer cannot escape; if there had been no first works, there had been in the end no result of doing, 1641
'- No reward for good, no hereafter joy-; but because works are done, there is no escape. Let us then practise good works; 1642
(Let us) inspect our thoughts that we do no evil, because as we sow so we reap. As when enclosed in a four-stone [stone or rock-encircled] mountain, there is no escape or place of refuge for any one, 1643
'So within this mountain-wall of old age, birth, disease, and death, there is no escape for the world6. Only by considering and practising the true law can we escape from this sorrow-piled mountain. 1644
'There is, indeed, no constancy in the world, the end of the pleasures of sense is as the lightning flash, whilst old age and death are as the piercing bolts; what profit, then, in doing (practising) iniquityø ! 1645
San p'hin, the three sections.' 1.Ought to learn from first to last, illumination.' Does it refer to books or vidyâs (ming) of instruction?
8 There is not such a thing as 'not making fruit,' or the fruit of not making;' but the former is the more likely. Fruit,' of course, refers to the result of works.
• Because as we ourselves do, we ourselves receive.' • For all living creatures. o "Why then ought we to do iniquity!' (fa.)
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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 |