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like to skirt along its hedges.''But,' said the other, ‘it cannot be. Eyes without pupils can see nothing of the beauty of the eyebrows, eyes, and other features; the blind have nothing to do with the green, yellow, and variegated colours of the sacrificial robes. 1-r Zze rejoined, 'Yet, when Wûkwangi lost his beauty, Kü-liang? his strength, and Hwang-Ti his wisdom, they all (recovered them) 2 under the moulding (of your system) ;-how do you know that the Maker will not obliterate the marks of my branding, and supply my dismemberment, so that, again perfect in my form, I may follow you as my teacher ?' Hsü Yû said, 'Ah! that cannot yet be known. I will tell you the rudiments. O my Master! O my Master! He gives to all things their blended qualities, and does not count it any righteousness; His favours reach to all generations, and He does not count it any benevolence; He is more ancient than the highest antiquity, and does not count Himself old; He overspreads heaven and supports the earth; He carves and fashions all bodily forms, and does not consider it any act of skill ;—this is He in whom I find my enjoyment.'
14. Yen Hui said, 'I am making progress. Kungni replied, 'What do you mean?' 'I have ceased to think of benevolence and righteousness,' was the reply. Very well; but that is not enough.'
Another day, Hui again saw Kung-nî, and said, 'I am making progress. “What do you mean?'
1 Names of parties, of whom we know nothing. It is implied, we must suppose, that they had suffered as is said by their own inadvertence.
2 We must suppose that they had done so.
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| SR No. | 007682 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 2240 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 38 MB |