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EXAMINATION OF THE 'PERSON OF SUPER-NORMAL VISION'. 1527
The following might be urged -"How is it known that the Lord Himself expounded the Dharma ?"
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (3486).
THAT IS DESCRIBED AS 'Dharma' BY ALL WISE PERSONS FROM WHICH
FOLLOWS "PROSPERITY AND THE HIGHEST Good':-(3486)
COMMENTARY.
"The Highest Good'-'follows from which such is the construction.
Prosperity' is Happiness, and 'Highest Good' is Final Liberation.
This is what is described as Dharma'-as is clear from the assertion in the Vaishesika-Sutra) that Dharma is that from which follows the fulfilment of Prosperity and the Highest Good'.-(3486)
[Says the Opponent]—"It may be that Dharma is the means of accom. plishing Prosperity and the Highest Good; but how is the Word of Buddha the means of knowing Dharma, -by virtue of which He should be recognized as 'cognisant with Dharma'?"
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (3487).
As A MATTER OF FACT, WHEREVER THE RULES LAID DOWN BY HIM RELATING TO INCANTATIONS AND COMMUNION AND SUCH THINGS, ARE PROPERLY FOLLOWED IN PRACTICE, ONE BECOMES ENDOWED WITH EVEN SUCH PERCEPTIBLE QUALITIES AS WISDOM,
HEALTH, POWER AND SO FORTH.-(3487)
COMMENTARY
The compound is to be expounded as–The rules relating to Incantations and Communion' which have been laid down by the Blessed Lord'.
The term 'yoga' stands for Communion.
And such things' is meant to include Gestures, Magic Circles and so forth.
Even perceptible qualities'i.e. during the prosent life itself,--and not only in the other regions, after death. This is what is indicated by the word *even'.-(3487)
Having thus shown that the words of Buddha are conducive to 'Prosperity', the Author proceeds to show that they are also conducive to the Highest Good':
