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256 - SOME ANCIENT AND EXTINCT FAITHS
The Tao Teh Ching, the mysterious Book of Taoism, bas it : "The further that one goes out (from himself), the less he
kpows" (SBE. vol. xxxix. p. 89). And the following from the same work “He who has in himself abundantly the attributes (of the
Tao) is like an infant. Poisonous insects will not sting
him ; fierce beasts will not seize him, birds of prey will
: not strike him” (Ibid. p. 99).-- is in the same strain as the prophecy in the Gospel of St. Mark towards the end of the 16th chapter, or the teaching of Hinduism (The Yoga Vashishta by Narain S. Ayer).
Self-knowledge is pointed out as essential to the knowledge of God. “By exerting his mental powers to the full, man comes to
understand his nature. When he understands his own pature, he understands God” (The Religions of Ancient
China, by H. A. Giles, L.L. D., p. 43). Shao Yung (1011-1077 A. D.) defines the residence of God thus :
“The heavens are still : 10 sound. Where then shall God be found ?
Search not in distant skies; In man's own heart He lies" (Ibid. p. 58).
The ultimate end, too, is God (Ibid. p. 50). Every one who attaches importance to the external, becomes internally without resource (The Musings of a Chinese
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