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The secoud is Dharma or law or doctrine, i, e. faith in and knowledge of the doctrines taught by Buddha. Here we shall not enter into details, but only point out some of the important differences between Buddhistic and Jain doctrines. The first thing that strikes one in Buddhism is the absence of all pure speculation. Buddha never entered into theo. logical discussions, because he did not think the knowledge of these questions favourable to human progress or happiness. The Bu. ddhists acknowledge the four elements, not recogoising the fifth one, akâsa. They do not believe in a permanent soul. To them every. thing is only an aggregate of the atoms which fornu the four elements. They admit that within the body dwells intelligence' pos. sessing individual consciousness. It is this intelligence that apprehends objects. Ac. cording to the Buddhist doctrine nothing is real or lasting, everything is a result of the •Skandha' or the aggregates. The five
Skandhas of the Buddhists are thus given Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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