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WORK-IN-PROGRESS (DECEMBER 16, 2014) PARALLEL CHART FOR

Paper 131 — The World’s Religions

© 2003, 2014 Matthew Block

This chart is a revision of the 2003 version. Endnotes and most Urantia Book cross-references have been deleted to enhance readability.

The reference notes following each quote were drawn from Hume’s Reference-Notes (pp. 301-402)

Source for Paper 131

(1) Robert Ernest Hume, M.A., Ph.D., Treasure-House of the Living Religions: Selectionsfrom Their Sacred Scriptures (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1932)

Key

(a) Green indicates where a source author first appears, or where he/she reappears.

(b) Yellow highlights most parallelisms.

(c) Tan highlights parallelisms occurring further apart, usually not in the same row.

(d) An underlined word or words indicates where the source and the UB writer pointedlydiffer from each other.

(e) Blue indicates original (or “revealed”) information, or UB-specific terminology andconcepts. (What to highlight in this regard is debatable; the highlights are tentative.)

(f) * indicates a passage which has been extracted from a larger passage in Hume. Thecitation below it is of the larger passage.

(g) Red indicates where the UB writer drew passages from one religion’s sacred scripturesand applied them to another religion. This occurs in the Cynicism, Buddhism, Hinduismand “Our Religion” sections.

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SOURCE OR PARALLEL URANTIA PAPER 131

Work-in-progress Version 16 December

2014

© 2014 Matthew Block

PAPER 131 — THE

WORLD’S RELIGIONS

131:0.1 During the Alexandrian sojournof Jesus, Gonod, and Ganid, the youngman spent much of his time and no smallsum of his father’s money making acollection of the teachings of the world’sreligions about God and his relations withmortal man. Ganid employed more thanthreescore learned translators in themaking of this abstract of the religiousdoctrines of the world concerning theDeities. And it should be made plain inthis record that all these teachingsportraying monotheism were largelyderived, directly or indirectly, from thepreachments of the missionaries ofMachiventa Melchizedek, who went forthfrom their Salem headquarters to spreadthe doctrine of one God—the MostHigh—to the ends of the earth.

131:0.2 There is presented herewith anabstract of Ganid’s manuscript, which heprepared at Alexandria and Rome, andwhich was preserved in India forhundreds of years after his death. Hecollected this material under ten heads, asfollows:

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1. CYNICISM

131:1.1 The residual teachings of thedisciples of Melchizedek, excepting thosewhich persisted in the Jewish religion,were best preserved in the doctrines ofthe Cynics. Ganid’s selection embracedthe following:

1: THE ONE SUPREME GOD (Hume 1)

[See 93:2.3 and 3:0.1.] 131:1.2 “God is supreme; he is theMost High of heaven and earth. God isthe perfected circle of eternity, and herules the universe of universes.

ISLAM (Hume 4)

Sole Maker of the heavens and of theearth,/

He is the sole maker of the heavens andthe earth.

when He decreeth a thing,/He only saithto it “Be,” and it is (4).

[Koran 2.110, 111: Rodwell, Koran 350;and repeatedly]

When he decrees a thing, that thing is.

Your God is One God./There is no Godbut He,/

Our God is one God,

the Compassionate, the Merciful (4).

[Koran 2.158: Rodwell, Koran 355; andrepeatedly]

and he is compassionate and merciful.

God is to be likened to whatever isloftiest (4).

[Koran 16.62: Rodwell, Koran 204]

Everything that is high, holy, true, andbeautiful is like our God.

God is the Light of the heaven and of theearth (4).


The Most High is the light of heaven andearth;

He is the Lord of the East. He is the Lordof the West.

he is the God of the east, the west, thenorth, and the south.

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All on the earth shall pass away./ 131:1.3 “Even if the earth should passaway,

But the face of the Lord shall abide,/resplendent with majesty and glory (4).

[Koran 55.16, 17, 26, 27; sim. 2.109; 2.136;24.35; 26.27; 55.16, 17; 70.40; 73.9:Rodwell, Koran 74, 75; sim. 350, 353, 447,104, 74, 73, 24]

the resplendent face of the Supremewould abide in majesty and glory.

He is the First and the Last, the Seen andthe Hidden (4).


The Most High is the first and the last,

the beginning and the end of everything.

SIKHISM (Hume 5)

* There is but one God, Whose name isTrue,/

There is but this one God, and his name isTruth.

The Creator, devoid of fear and enmity,/Immortal, unborn, self-existent, great andbountiful (5).

[Preamble of the Japji: Macauliffe, SikhReligion 1.195; sim. 1.35 and 1.185; cf.Trumpp, Adi Granth 1]

God is self-existent, and he is devoid ofall anger and enmity; he is immortal andinfinite.

The greatness of the great God cannot beexpressed./He is the Creator, theOmnipotent, the Bounteous./He providethHis creatures with sustenance./Man mustdo the work which God destined forhim./There is no abiding place except inthe one God alone (5).

[Asa ki War, Pauri 24: Macauliffe, SikhReligion 1.249]

Our God is omnipotent and bounteous.

O Lord, Thou art One./But many art Thymanifestations (5).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Rag Asa, Mahala 1,Sabd 25.4: Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 1.310;cf. Trumpp, Adi Granth 504]

While he has many manifestations,

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Worship the one God,/Who is the onedivine Teacher for all./Know that Hisform is one,/And that He is the one Lightdiffused in all (5).

[Guru Gobind Singh, Saying: Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 5.275, with “Teacher” inplace of the technical designation “Guru”]

we worship only God himself.

2: THE DIVINE POWER ANDWISDOM (Hume 7)

ISLAM (Hume 8)

God hath power over all things./And Godin His knowledge embraceth all things(8).

[Koran 65.12; first line also in 3.159; 3.186;57.2: Rodwell, Koran 431; first line also on401, 404, 407]

God knows all—

He is God in the heavens and on theearth./He knoweth your secrets and yourdisclosures./

our secrets and our proclamations;

And He knoweth what ye deserve (8).

[Koran, 6.1, 2, 3; sim. 3963: Rodwell,Koran 317; sim. 260]

he also knows what each of us deserves.

The might of God is equal to all things(8).

[Koran 33.27; sim. 12.21; 30.49; 35.1;16.79: Rodwell, Koran 437; sim. 232; 214;289; 206]

His might is equal to all things.

He is God, Who knows the unseen andthe visible./He is the Merciful, theCompassionate,/the King, the Holy, thePeace-Giver, the Faithful,/the Protector,the Mighty, the Repairer, theGreat./Celebrated be the praises of God!(8)

[Koran 59.22, 23: SBE 9.277]

131:1.4 “God is a peace giver and afaithful protector of all who fear and trusthim.

He gives salvation to all who serve him.

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SIKHISM (Hume 9)

By Thy power springeth all affection./Everything existeth by Thy power./Thouart the Omnipotent Creator./ Thy name isthe Holiest-of-the-Holy (9).

[Asa ki War, Slok 3, Guru Nanak:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 1.221, 222; cf.Trumpp, Adi Granth 637]

All creation exists in the power of theMost High.

His divine love springs forth from theholiness of his power, and affection isborn of the might of his greatness.

God hath caused the union of body andsoul./He Who created them, can separatethem./

The Most High has decreed the union ofbody and soul

and has endowed man with his own spirit.

That which the Creator doeth, cometh topass./What man hath set in motion, muststop (9).

[Hymns of Guru Nanak, Majh ki War:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 1.281]

What man does must come to an end, butwhat the Creator does goes on forever.

We gain knowledge from the experienceof man,

O Lord, Thou art wise. Thou art far-seeing./It is only Thou Who givestwisdom (9).

[Hymns of Guru Nanak, Sorath Ashtapadi;sim. Hymns of Guru Arjan, Mahj;Namdev’s Hymns, Tilang 1: Macauliffe,

Sikh Religion 1.333; sim. 3.116; 6.52]

but we derive wisdom from thecontemplation of the Most High.

God, the Beneficent Giver, putteth forthHis hands,/and poureth rain on the world./

131:1.5 “God pours rain upon the earth,

The corn germinateth; and the fieldarriveth at maturity (9).

[Hymns of Guru Ram Das, Kanre ki War:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 2.347]

he causes the sun to shine upon thesprouting grain,

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and he gives us the abundant harvest ofthe good things of this life and eternalsalvation in the world to come.

O God, I know not the measure of Thyregal authority! (10)

[Kabir’s Hymns, Sarang 2: Macauliffe,Sikh Religion 6.275]

Our God enjoys great authority;

True, true, true is the Lord God./Excellent, excellent, excellent is Thyform./Pure, pure, pure is Thy word./Holy,holy, holy is Thy name (10).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Sukhmani,Ashtapadi 12.8: Macaulifee, Sikh Religion3.236]

his name is Excellent

O God, Thou art unfathomable. I cannotfind Thy depth (10).

[Kabir’s Hymns, Basant 5: Macauliffe, SikhReligion 6.272]

and his nature is unfathomable.

3: THE DIVINE GOODNESS ANDWONDER (Hume 11)

ISLAM (Hume 12)

The Lord of the worlds hath created me,and guideth me,/giveth me food anddrink;/and when I am sick, He healeth me(12).

[Koran 26.77, 78, 79, 80: Rodwell, Koran106]

When you are sick, it is the Most Highwho heals you.

Truly, thy Lord is full of goodnesstowards men (12).

[Koran 27.75; sim. 10.61: Rodwell, Koran179; sim. 280]

God is full of goodness toward all men;

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SIKHISM (Hume 13)

I have no friend like God, Who gave mesoul and body,/and infused into meunderstanding./He cherisheth, andwatcheth over, all creatures (13).

[Hymns of Guru Nanak, Maru Solhe:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 1.362]

we have no friend like the Most High.

The perfect compassionate God fillethevery place/He is merciful to all,/Andcherisheth creatures in divers ways (14).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Sukhmani,Ashtapadi 22.3: Macauliffe, Sikh Religion3.264]

His mercy fills all places

and his goodness encompasses all souls.

God is immortal, undecaying, imperish-able,/And of changeless purpose, Creatorof all,/The Remover of sickness, sorrowand sin (14).

[Guru Gobind Singh, Akal Ustat:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 5.263]

The Most High is changeless;

At the beginning and the end God is everour Helper (14).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Dhanasari:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 3.365]

and he is our helper in every time of need.

4: THE DIVINE OMNIPRESENCE ANDINNER PRESENCE (Hume 15)

ISLAM (Hume 16)

To God belongeth the east and thewest;/therefore whithersoever ye turnyourself to pray,/There is the face ofGod;/for, God is omnipresent andomniscient (16).

[Koran 2. 109: Sale’s Translation inWherry, CCQ 1.332, where the reference-number for this passage is Koran 2.115]

Wherever you turn to pray, there is theface of the Most High

and the open ear of our God.

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They hide themselves from men, but theycannot from God;/for, He is with themwhile they brood at night./God dothcompass what they do (16).

[Koran 4.108; sim. 4.125: SBE 6.87-88; sim.6.90]

You may hide yourself from men, but notfrom God.

SIKHISM (Hume 18)

Wise and Omniscient! Wherever I look,Thou art there./Thou art omnipresent,though I thought Thee distant./Thou artnear. Thou art distant. Thou artmidway./Thou seest and hearest (18).

[Guru Nanak, Siri Rag 31.1, 2, 4:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 1.35, 36; cf.

Trumpp, Adi Granth 39]

God is not a great distance from us; he isomnipresent.

As I behold creation, I am amazed andastonished./God is contained in the heartsof men./In my heart I hold God, Whofilleth every place (18).

[Hymns of Guru Nanak, Asa Ashtapadi:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 1.316]

God fills all places and lives in the heartof the man

who fears his holy name.

Creation is in the Creator, and the Creatorin the creation/He filleth every place. Theone true God is in all (18).

[A Hymn of Kabir: Macauliffe, SikhReligion 4.17]

Creation is in the Creator and the Creatorin his creation.

Many millions search for God,/And findHim in their hearts (18).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Sukhmani,Ashtapadi 10.6: Macauliffe, Sikh Religion3.229; cf. Trumpp, Adi Granth 396]

We search for the Most High and thenfind him in our hearts.

I go searching for the Friend; but theFriend is with me (18).

[Sloks of Shaikh Farid 121; sim. Hymns ofGuru Ram Das, Kanre ki War: Macauliffe,Sikh Religion 6.413; sim. 2.347]

You go in quest of a dear friend, and thenyou discover him within your soul.

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18: THE PERFECT MAN (Hume 89)

SIKHISM (Hume 96)

* The man who knoweth God, looketh onall men as equal—/As the wind blowethon the rich and poor alike./The man whoknoweth God, is the purest of thepure—As filth cannot permanently attachto water (96).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Sukhmani,Ashtapadi 8.1, 2, 7, 5, 8: Macauliffe, SikhReligion 3.221, 222, 2223, 224; cf. Trumpp,Adi Granth 391, 393, 392, 393]

131:1.6 “The man who knows Godlooks upon all men as equal;

they are his brethren.

20: UNSELFISHNESS (Hume 105)

SIKHISM (Hume 107)

He who does millions of religious works,/But retains his selfishness,/ Those who are selfish,

those who ignore their brothers in theflesh,

Incurs only fatigue. All his works are invain (107).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Sukhmani,Ashtapadi 12.3: Trumpp, Adi Granth 400;with “millions” in place of the technicaldesignation “crores”; cf. Macauliffe, Sikh

Religion 3.234]

have only weariness as their reward.

24: PURITY (Hume 125)

SIKHISM (Hume 128)

My heart being pure, I have seen the Lord(129).

[Kabir’s Sloks 201: Macauliffe, SikhReligion 6.309]

Those who love their fellows and whohave pure hearts shall see God.

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28: SINCERITY AND EARNESTNESS(Hume 141)

ISLAM (Hume 145)

God will surely take knowledge of thosewho are sincere (145).


God never forgets sincerity.

29: TRUTH AND TRUTHFULNESS(Hume 148)

ISLAM (Hume 151)

God guideth into the truth (151).


He will guide the honest of heart into thetruth,

God is the truth (151).


for God is truth.

SIKHISM (Hume 154)

Abandon falsehood; pursue truth (154).

[Hymns of Guru Nanak, Maru Solhe:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 1.251-252]

131:1.7 “In your lives overthrow errorand overcome evil by the love of theliving truth.

42: GOOD FOR EVIL (Hume 224)

SIKHISM (Hume 229)

Do good for evil. Clothe not thy heartwith anger (229).

[Sloks of Shaikh Farid 78: Macauliffe, SikhReligion 6.406]

In all your relations with men do good forevil.

44: LOVE (Hume 234)

ISLAM (Hume 240)

My Lord is merciful and loving (240).

[Koran 11.92: Sale’s Translation inWherry, CCQ 2.363, where the reference-number for this passage is Koran 11.90]

The Lord God is merciful and loving; heis forgiving.

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[We love him, because he first loved us (1John 4:19).]

Let us love God, for he first loved us.

SIKHISM (Hume 241)

By Thy love I shall be saved (243).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Majh: Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 3.113]

By God’s love and through his mercy weshall be saved.

46: FRIENDSHIP AND BROTHER-HOOD (Hume 252)

SIKHISM (Hume 256)

The poor man and the rich man arebrothers./God’s design cannot be set aside(256).

[Kabir’s Hymns, Bhairo 8: Macauliffe, SikhReligion 6.260]

Poor men and rich men are brothers.

God is their Father.

The evil you would not have done you, donot to others.

5: INVOCATIONS AND CALLS TOWORSHIP (Hume 19)

131:1.8 “At all times call upon hisname, and as you believe in his name, soshall your prayer be heard. What a greathonor it is to worship the Most High!

SIKHISM (Hume 21)

The continents, the worlds and theuniverse,/Made and supported by Thyhands, sing Thee (22).

[Japji 27: Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 1.211]

All the worlds and the universes worshipthe Most High.

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6: WORSHIP AND PRAYER (Hume 23)

And with all your prayers give thanks—ascend to worship.

ISLAM (Hume 24)

Be steadfast in prayer,/Verily, prayerforbids sin and wrong (25).

[Koran 29.44: SBE 9.122]

Prayerful worship shuns evil and forbidssin.

Praise then the name of thy Lord, theGreat (25).


At all times let us praise the name of theMost High.

SIKHISM (Hume 26)

O man! Take shelter in that Lord God/ByWhose favor all thy defects areconcealed./O man! At every breathremember the Most High/By whose favornone can equal thee (26).


The man who takes shelter in the MostHigh conceals his defects from theuniverse.

When you stand before God with a cleanheart,

Seek God’s protection. Become fearless.And worship God (26).

[Namdev’s Hymns, Sarang 1: Macauliffe,Sikh Religion 6.72]

you become fearless of all creation.

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7: ADORATION AND PRAISE (Hume27)

SIKHISM (Hume 31)

O Lord God! May I ever know Thee nearme!/We are ever and ever thy children./Thou, O God, art our master!/Thou artour Father and Mother! (31).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Todi: Macauliffe,Sikh Religion 3.383]

The Most High is like a loving father andmother;

he really loves us, his children on earth.

8: TRUST AND GUIDANCE (Hume 32)

ISLAM (Hume 34)

O Our Lord! We believe./Forgive us then.And be merciful to us;/for, of the mercifulart Thou the best (34).

[Koran 57.1; sim. 59.1: Rodwell, Koran407; sim. 431]

Our God will forgive us

[To give light to them that sit in darkness andin the shadow of death, to guide our feet into theway of peace (Lk. 1:79).]

and guide our footsteps into the ways ofsalvation.

SIKHISM (Hume 36)

Ocean of Mercy, Seer of the past, presentand future!/It is Thou Who art patient!/I,of feeble intellect, have taken Thyprotection./Take my hand! And save me!(36)

[Guru Gobind Singh, Hazre Shabd 4:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 5.325]

He will take us by the hand

and lead us to himself.

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9: FAITH AND FAITHFULNESS (Hume37)

ISLAM (Hume 39)

Put thou thy trust in God;/for, God loveththose who put their trust in Him./If Godhelp you, none shall overcome you./InGod then let the faithful trust (39).

[Koran 3.153, 154: sim. 3.118; 9.51; 12.67;14.14, 15; 64.13: Rodwell, Koran 401, sim.397, 476, 236, 227, 373]

God saves those who trust him;

Let there be no compulsion in religion./Whoever therefore shall believe inGod—/he will have taken hold on astrong handle/that shall not be broken(39).


he does not compel man to serve hisname.

SIKHISM (Hume 41)

Divine knowledge shall be revealed tohim/Into whose heart hath entered faith inGod./

131:1.9 “If the faith of the Most Highhas entered your heart,

He shall abide free from fear,/And beabsorbed in Him from Whom he sprang(41).


then shall you abide free from fear

throughout all the days of your life.

10: SIN AND EVIL (Hume 42)

ISLAM (Hume 44)

Fret not thyself for the ungodly people(44).


Fret not yourself because of theprosperity of the ungodly;

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The plotting of evil shall enmesh/onlythose who make use of it (44).


fear not those who plot evil;

SIKHISM (Hume 46)

My soul, turning away from sin,/Isabsorbed in the Universal Soul (46).

[Kabir’s Hymns 47: Macauliffe, SikhReligion 6.164]

let the soul turn away from sin and putyour whole trust in the God of salvation.

11: CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE(Hume 47)

SIKHISM (Hume 50)

After many wanderings, O God,/I havecome to Thine asylum./Let me applymyself to Thy service! (50).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Sukhmani, Slok 20:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 3.257]

The weary soul of the wandering mortalfinds eternal rest in the arms of the MostHigh;

12: HOPE (Hume 51)

SIKHISM (Hume 53)

O God! Have mercy on me, and I willsing Thy praises./I have ever hope inThee, that Thou wilt yet embrace me./Weobtain only what Thou, O Lord God,givest./There is no other refuge for me toseek (53).

[Hymns of Guru Ram Das, Kalian:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 2.347]

the wise man hungers for the divineembrace;

the earth child longs for the security ofthe arms of

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Thou art our universal Father./In Thineinexhaustible storehouse are alltreasures./Every one reposeth his hopes inThee./Thou abidest in every heart./All arepartners in Thee; Thou disownest none(53).

[Hymns of Guru Arjan, Mahj: Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 3.112]

the Universal Father.

13: SALVATION (Hume 54)

SIKHISM (Hume 57)

By seeking Thy protection,/ The noble man seeks for that high estate

The soul blendeth with the Supreme Soul(57).

[Hymns of Guru Nanak, Rag Sorath:Macauliffe, Sikh Religion 1.330]

wherein the soul of the mortal blendswith the spirit of the Supreme.

14: REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS(Hume 59)

SIKHISM (Hume 64)

God is just:

The fruit of what man giveth from hisearnings and toil/

What fruit we receive not from ourplantings in this world

Shall be obtained in the next world (64).

[Asa ki War, Slok 17: Macauliffe, SikhReligion 1.241; cf. Trumpp, Adi Granth648]

we shall receive in the next.”

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2. JUDAISM

131:2.1 The Kenites of Palestinesalvaged much of the teaching ofMelchizedek, and from these records, aspreserved and modified by the Jews,Jesus and Ganid made the followingselection:


JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY (Hume 5)

In the beginning God created the heavenand the earth./And God created everyliving creature that moveth./God createdman in His own image./God saweverything that He had made/

131:2.2 “In the beginning God createdthe heavens and the earth and all thingstherein.

And behold, it was very good (5).

[Genesis 1.1, 21, 27, 31]

And, behold, all he created was verygood.

The Lord, He is God. There is nonebeside Him./Out of heaven He made theeto hear His voice,/that He might instructthee.

The Lord, he is God; there is none besidehim

Know therefore that the Lord, he is God/in heaven above and upon the earthbeneath./There is none else./Thereforethou shalt keep His statutes (5).

[Deuteronomy 4.35, 36, 39, 40]

in heaven above or upon the earthbeneath.

The Lord our God is One Lord./And thoushalt love the Lord thy God with all thineheart/and with all thy soul and with allthy might (5).

[Deuteronomy 6.45; sim. Christianity, NT,Matthew 22.37-40; Mark 12.29, 39; Luke10.27]

Therefore shall you love the Lord yourGod with all your heart and with all yoursoul and with all your might.

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The earth shall be full of the knowledgeof the Lord,/as the waters cover the sea(5).

[Isaiah 11.9; sim. Habakkuk 2.14]

The earth shall be full of the knowledgeof the Lord as the waters cover the sea.



The heavens declare the glory of God;/And the firmament showeth Hishandiwork./

The heavens declare the glory of God,and the firmament shows his handiwork.

Day unto day uttereth speech;/And nightunto night showeth knowledge./

Day after day utters speech; night afternight shows knowledge.

There is no speech nor language/Wheretheir voice is not heard (8).

[Psalms 19.1-3]

There is no speech or language wheretheir voice is not heard.

O Lord, my God, Thou art very great!/OLord, how manifold are Thy works!/ The Lord’s work is great,

In wisdom hast Thou made them all (8).

[Psalms 104.1, 24]

and in wisdom has he made all things;

Great is the Lord, and greatly to bepraised;/And his greatness is unsearch-able (8).

[Psalms 145.3]

the greatness of the Lord is unsearchable.

He telleth the number of the stars./Hecalleth them all by their names./

He knows the number of the stars; hecalls them all by their names.

Great is our Lord, and of great power./Hisunderstanding is infinite (8).

[Psalms 147.4-5]

131:2.3 “The power of the Lord is greatand his understanding infinite.

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Saith the Lord:/“As the heavens arehigher than the earth,/So are MY wayshigher than your ways,/And MY thoughtsthan your thoughts” (9).

[Isaiah 55.8, 9]

Says the Lord: ‘As the heavens are higherthan the earth, so are my ways higher thanyour ways, and my thoughts higher thanyour thoughts.’

* He revealeth the deep and secretthings./He knoweth what is in thedarkness./And the light dwelleth withHim (9).

[Daniel 2.20, 21, 22]

God reveals the deep and secret thingsbecause the light dwells with him.



The Lord, the Lord God, merciful andgracious,/

The Lord is merciful and gracious;

Long-suffering, and abundant in goodnessand truth! (13)

[Exodus 34.6]

he is long-suffering and abundant ingoodness and truth.

Good and upright is the Lord;/ The Lord is good and upright;

Therefore will He teach sinners in theway./The meek will He guide injudgment;/And the meek will He teachHis way./All the paths of the Lord aremercy and truth/Unto such as keep Hiscovenant and His testimonies (13).

[Psalms 25.8-10]

the meek will he guide in judgment.

O taste and see that the Lord is good!/Blessed is the man who trusteth in Him(13).

[Psalms 34.8]

Taste and see that the Lord is good!Blessed is the man who trusts God.

God is our refuge and strength,/A verypleasant help in trouble (13).

[Psalms 46.1]

God is our refuge and strength, a verypresent help in trouble.

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The mercy of the Lord is from everlastingto everlasting/Upon them who fear Him,/

131:2.4 “The mercy of the Lord is fromeverlasting to everlasting upon those whofear him

And His righteousness unto children’schildren (13).

[Psalms 103.17]

and his righteousness even to ourchildren’s children.

The Lord is gracious and full ofcompassion./

The Lord is gracious and full ofcompassion.

The Lord is good to all./And His tendermercies are over all His works (13).

[Psalms 145.8, 9]

The Lord is good to all, and his tendermercies are over all his creation;

He healeth the broken in heart,/Andbindeth up their wounds (13).

[Psalms 147.3]

he heals the brokenhearted and binds uptheir wounds.



* O Lord! Thou has beset me behind andbefore./Whither shall I go from Thyspirit!/Or whither shall I flee from Thypresence! (17)

[Psalms 139.1, 3, 4, 5, 7-10, 11-12]

Whither shall I go from God’s spirit?whither shall I flee from the divinepresence?

Thus saith the High and Lofty One/Whoinhabiteth eternity/Whose name is Holy:/

Thus says the High and Lofty One whoinhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:

“I dwell in the high and holy place,/withhim also who is of a contrite and humblespirit” (17).

[Isaiah 57.15]

‘I dwell in the high and holy place; alsowith him who is of a contrite heart and ahumble spirit!’

“Can any hide himself in secret places/that I shall not see him?” saith the Lord./

None can hide himself from our God,

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“Do not I fill heaven and earth?” saith theLord (17).

[Jeremiah 23.24]

for he fills heaven and earth.



* Let the heavens be glad, and let theearth rejoice./

Let the heavens be glad and let the earthrejoice.

And let men say among the nations “TheLord reigneth!”/

Let all nations say: The Lord reigns!

O give thanks unto the Lord; for, He isgood;/For, His mercy endureth forever.Blessed be the Lord God! (21)

[1 Chronicles 16.8, 11, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31,34, 36]

Give thanks to God, for his mercyendures forever.

The Lord reigneth. Let the earth rejoice!/Let the multitude of isles be glad!/Theheavens declare His righteousness./Andall the peoples have seen His glory (21).

[Psalms 97.1, 6: American Revised Version,with “the Lord” in place of the Hebrewdesignation for the Deity “Jehovah”]

131:2.5 “The heavens declare God’srighteousness, and all the people haveseen his glory.

All ye lands! Serve the Lord withgladness./Come before His presence withsinging./It is He Who hath made us, andnot we ourselves./

It is God who has made us, and not weourselves;

We are His people, and the sheep of Hispasture.

we are his people, the sheep of hispasture.

Be thankful unto Him, and bless Hisname;/For, the Lord is good. His mercy iseverlasting./And His truth endureth to allgenerations (21).

[Psalms 100.1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

His mercy is everlasting, and his truthendures to all generations.

22




All the ends of the world shallremember,/And turn unto the Lord./Andall the kindreds of the nations shallworship before Thee./For, the kingdom isthe Lord’s./And He is the Governoramong the nations (25).

[Psalms 22.27-28; sim. 66.4; Isaiah 66.23]

Our God is governor among the nations.

Blessed be His glorious name for ever!/And let the whole earth be filled with Hisglory! (25)

[Psalms 72.19]

Let the earth be filled with his glory!

O that men would praise the Lord for Hisgoodness,/And for His wonderful worksto the children of men! (25)

[Psalms 107.15]

O that men would praise the Lord for hisgoodness and for his wonderful gifts tothe children of men!

16: WHAT IS MAN? (Hume 77)


* Yet Thou hast made him a little lessthan divine./

131:2.6 “God has made man a little lessthan divine

Thou hast crowned him with majesty andhonor,/Giving him sway o’er all Thyhands have made (80).

[Psalms 8.1-2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Moffatt, HolyBible, A New Translation]

and has crowned him with love andmercy.

17: THE WISE MAN AND THEFOOLISH (Hume 82)


* For, the Lord knoweth the way of therighteous,/But the way of the ungodlyshall perish (86).

[Psalms 1.1-6]

The Lord knows the way of the righteous,but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

23


The fear of the Lord is the beginning ofwisdom./

The fear of the Lord is the beginning ofwisdom;

And the knowledge of the Holy isunderstanding (86).

[Proverbs 9.10]

the knowledge of the Supreme isunderstanding.



The Lord said: “I am the Almighty God./Walk before ME. And be thou perfect”(95).

[Genesis 17.1]

Says the Almighty God: ‘Walk before meand be perfect.’

19: HUMILITY (Hume 99)


Pride goeth before destruction,/And ahaughty spirit before a fall (102).

[Proverbs 16.18]

Forget not that pride goes beforedestruction and a haughty spirit before afall.

21: SELF-EXAMINATION AND SELF-CONTROL (Hume 108)


He who is slow to anger is better than themighty;/And he who ruleth his spirit, thanhe who taketh a city (116).

[Proverbs 16.32]

He who rules his own spirit is mightierthan he who takes a city.

22: PATIENCE AND STEAD-FASTNESS (Hume 117)


Thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One:/ Says the Lord God, the Holy One:

“In returning and rest shall ye be saved./ ‘In returning to your spiritual rest shallyou be saved;

24


In quietness and confidence shall be yourstrength” (121).

[Isaiah 30.15]

in quietness and confidence shall be yourstrength.’

* But they who wait upon the Lord/shallrenew their strength./They shall mount upwith wings as eagles./

They who wait upon the Lord shall renewtheir strength; they shall mount up withwings like eagles.

They shall run, and not be weary./Theyshall walk, and not faint (121).

[Isaiah 40.29-31]

They shall run and not be weary; theyshall walk and not be faint.

23: FEARLESSNESS AND COURAGE(Hume 122)


The Lord shall give thee rest from thyfear (124).

[Isaiah 14.3]

The Lord shall give you rest from yourfear.

* “Fear thou not; for, I am with thee./Benot dismayed; for, I am thy God.

Says the Lord: ‘Fear not, for I am withyou. Be not dismayed, for I am your God.

“I will strengthen thee. Yea, I will helpthee./

I will strengthen you; I will help you;

Yea, I will uphold thee with MY right-eousness./Fear not, I will help thee”(124).

[Isaiah 41.9, 10, 13]

yes, I will uphold you with the right handof my righteousness.’



Thou, O Lord, art our Father, ourRedeemer!/Thy name is from everlasting(25).

[Isaiah 63.16]

131:2.7 “God is our Father; the Lord isour redeemer.

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Lord! Blessed by Thy glorious name!/Thou, even Thou, art Lord alone!/Thouhast made the heavens with all their host,/the earth and all things that are therein,/

God has created the universal hosts,

and Thou preservest them all (29).

[Nehemiah 9.5, 6]

and he preserves them all.

Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens./And Thy Faithfulness reacheth unto theclouds./Thy righteousness is like the greatmountains./

His righteousness is like the mountains

Thy judgments are a great deep./Howexcellent is Thy loving-kindness, O God!/

and his judgment like the great deep.

Therefore the children of men/Put theirtrust under the shadow of Thy wings./Thou shalt make them drink of the riverof Thy pleasures./For, with Thee is thefountain of life./

He causes us to drink of the river of hispleasures,

In Thy light shall we see light (30).

[Psalms 37.5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

and in his light we shall see light.

It is a good thing to give thanks unto theLord/

It is good to give thanks to the Lord

And to sing praises unto Thy name, OMost High,/

and to sing praises to the Most High;

To show forth Thy loving-kindness in themorning/And Thy faithfulness every night(30).

[Psalms 92.1, 2]

to show forth loving-kindness in themorning and the divine faithfulness everynight.

* They shall speak of the glory of Thykingdom,/And talk of Thy power./Thykingdom is an everlasting kingdom./

God’s kingdom is an everlastingkingdom,

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And Thy dominion endureth throughoutall generations (30).

[Psalms 145.1-2, 4, 7, 11, 13]

and his dominion endures throughout allgenerations.



The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall notwant./

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall notwant.

He maketh me to lie down in greenpastures./He leadeth me beside the stillwaters.

He makes me to lie down in greenpastures; he leads me beside still waters.

He restoreth my soul./He leadeth me inthe paths of righteousness./

He restores my soul. He leads me in thepaths of righteousness.

Yea, though I walk through the valley/Ofthe shadow of death, I will fear noevil;/For, Thou art with me (35).

[Psalms 23.1-2, 3, 4]

Yes, even though I walk through thevalley of the shadow of death, I will fearno evil, for God is with me.

15: FUTURE LIFE AND IMMORTAL-ITY (Hume 65)


Surely goodness and mercy shall followme/All the days of my life./

Surely goodness and mercy shall followme all the days of my life,

And I will dwell in the house of the Lordforever (72).

[Psalms 23.6]

and I shall dwell in the house of the Lordforever.

27




Show me Thy ways, O Lord. Teach meThy paths./Lead me in Thy truth; andteach me;/For, Thou art the God of mysalvation (35).

[Psalms 25.4, 5]

131:2.8 “Yahweh is the God of mysalvation;

* How excellent is Thy loving-kindness,O God!/Therefore the children of men puttheir trust/Under the shadow of Thywings (35).

[Psalms 36.7, 8, 9]

therefore in the divine name will I put mytrust.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;/Andlean not unto thine own understanding./

I will trust in the Lord with all my heart;I will lean not upon my ownunderstanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge Him;/AndHe shall direct thy paths (36).

[Proverbs 3.5-6]

In all my ways I will acknowledge him,and he shall direct my paths.



Know that the Lord thy God,/He is God,the faithful God,/

The Lord is faithful;

Who keepeth covenant and mercy withthem/who love Him and keep Hiscommandments (40).

[Deuteronomy 7.9]

he keeps his word with those who servehim;

The just shall live by his faith (41).

[Habakkuk 2.4; sim. Christianity: Romans1.17; Galatians 3.11; Hebrews 10.38]

the just shall live by his faith.

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If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door(45).

[Genesis 4.7]

If you do not well, it is because sin lies atthe door;

Men reap the evil that they plough,/Thetrouble that they sow (45).

[Job 4.8: Moffatt, The Holy Bible, A NewTranslation]

men reap the evil they plough and the sinthey sow.

Fret not thy self because of evil-doers(45).

[Psalms 37.1]

Fret not yourself because of evildoers.

If I regard iniquity in my heart,/The Lordwill not hear me (45).

[Psalms 66.18]

If you regard iniquity in your heart, theLord will not hear you;

[Saith the Lord:] “He who sinneth againstME, wrongeth his own soul” (46).

[Proverbs 8.36]

if you sin against God, you also wrongyour own soul.

God shall bring every work intojudgment/with every secret thing, whetherit be good or evil (46).

[Ecclesiastes 12.14]

God will bring every man’s work tojudgment with every secret thing, whetherit be good or evil.

26: THOUGHT AND MEDITATION(Hume 132)


As he thinketh in his heart, so is he (136).

[Proverbs 23.7]

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

29


28: SINCERITY AND EARNESTNESS(Hume 141)


The Lord is nigh unto all them who callupon Him,/to all who call upon Him intruth (146).

[Psalms 145.18]

131:2.9 “The Lord is near all who callupon him in sincerity and in truth.

31: HAPPINESS AND JOY (Hume 160)


Weeping may endure for a night;/But joycometh in the morning (165).

[Psalms 30.5]

Weeping may endure for a night, but joycomes in the morning.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine(166).

[Proverbs 17.22]

A merry heart does good like a medicine.

32: RIGHTEOUSNESS AND VIRTUE(Hume 168)


No good thing will He withhold fromthem who walk uprightly (173).

[Psalms 84.11]

No good thing will God withhold fromthose who walk uprightly.

33: DUTY (Hume 176)


Fear God, and keep His command-ments./This is the whole duty of man(178).

[Ecclesiastes 12.13]

Fear God and keep his commandments,for this is the whole duty of man.

30




Thus saith the Lord, Who created theheavens,/God Himself Who formed theearth:/

Thus says the Lord who created theheavens and who formed the earth:

“There is no God else beside ME, a justGod and a Savior,/

‘There is no God beside me, a just Godand a savior.

Look unto ME, and be saved, all the endsof the earth” (57).

[Isaiah 45.18, 21, 22]

Look to me and be saved, all the ends ofthe earth.



If thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thoushalt find Him (63).

[Deuteronomy 4.29]

If you seek me, you shall find me if yousearch for me with all your heart.’

* But the meek shall inherit the earth,/And shall delight themselves in theabundance of peace (63).

[Psalms 37.9, 10, 11]

The meek shall inherit the earth and shalldelight themselves in the abundance ofpeace.

He who soweth iniquity, shall reapcalamity (63).

[Proverbs 22.8: English and AmericanRevised Versions]

Whoever sows iniquity shall reapcalamity;

They sow the wind; and they shall reapthe whirlwind (63).

[Hosea 8.7: English and American RevisedVersions]

they who sow the wind shall reap thewhirlwind.

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Saith the Lord:/“Come now; and let usreason together:/

131:2.10 “‘Come now, let us reasontogether,’ says the Lord,

Though your sins be as scarlet,/They shallbe as white as snow./

‘Though your sins be as scarlet, they shallbe as white as snow.

Though they be red like crimson,/Theyshall be as wool (46).

[Isaiah 1.18]

Though they be red like crimson, theyshall be as wool.’

“There is no peace to the wicked,” saithmy God.

But there is no peace for the wicked;

Your sins have withholden good thingsfrom you (46).

[Jeremiah 5.25]

it is your own sins which have withheldthe good things from you.

12: HOPE (Hume 51)


Why art thou cast down, O my soul!/Andwhy art thou disquieted within me!/Hopethou in God. For, I shall yet praiseHim/Who is the health of mycountenance and my God (52).

[Psalms 43.5; also 42.11; sim. 42.5: EnglishRevised Version]

God is the health of my countenance

and the joy of my soul.

* The Lord, the Eternal, is our strength(53).

[Habakkuk 3.17-19: Moffatt, Holy Bible, ANew Translation]

The eternal God is my strength;

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34: SELF-DEDICATION AND DIVINEBENEDICTION (Hume 179)


The eternal God is thy dwelling place./And underneath are the everlasting arms(182).

[Deuteronomy 33.27: English and AmericanRevised Versions]

he is our dwelling place, and underneathare the everlasting arms.



The Lord is nigh unto them who are of abroken heart,/

The Lord is near to those who arebrokenhearted;

And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit./ he saves all who have a childlike spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous;/But the Lord delivereth him out of themall (57).

[Psalms 34.18-19]

Many are the afflictions of the righteousman, but the Lord delivers him out ofthem all.



* Commit thy way unto the Lord: trustalso in Him./

Commit your way to the Lord—trusthim—

And He shall bring it to pass (182).

[Psalms 37.1, 3, 5, 7, 8]

and he will bring it to pass.

[Saith the Lord:] “He who dwelleth in thesecret place of the Most High/Shall abideunder the shadow of the Almighty./Because he hath set his love upon ME,/Therefore will I deliver him” (182).

[Psalms 91.1, 14]

He who dwells in the secret place of theMost High shall abide under the shadowof the Almighty.

33


35: ANGER AND HATRED (Hume 187)


Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thineheart./Thou shalt not take vengeance, norbear any grudge./But thou shalt love thyneighbor as thyself (189).

[Leviticus 19.17, 18: English and AmericanRevised Versions]

131:2.11 “Love your neighbor asyourself; bear a grudge against no man.

41: THE GOLDEN RULE (Hume 221)


Take heed to thyself in all thy works./Andbe discreet in all thy behavior./And whatthou thyself hatest, do to no man (223).

[Tobit 4.14-15; Charles, Apocrypha 1.212.Beside the instance of the Shinto religion,which is explained in the Preface, thisquotation from Tobit is the sole otherexception to the regular method of theTreasure-House in citing only from thosebooks of sacred scripture which areaccepted as canonical by all the adherentsof the several specific religions. [Etc.]]

Whatsoever you hate do to no man.

43: FORGIVENESS (Hume 230)


Love your brother,

[Saith the Lord:] “I will heal their back-sliding./I will love them freely (233).

[Hosea 14.4]

for the Lord has said: ‘I will love mychildren freely.’

39: JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT (Hume211)


The path of the just is as the shininglight,/That shineth more and more untothe perfect day (214).

[Proverbs 4.18-19]

The path of the just is as a shining lightwhich shines more and more until theperfect day.

34




They who are wise, shall shine/as thebrightness of the firmament;/

They who are wise shall shine as thebrightness of the firmament

and they who turn many to righteous-ness,/as the stars for ever and ever (72).

[Daniel 12.3: American Revised Version]

and they who turn many to righteousnessas the stars forever and ever.



Let the wicked forsake his way,/ Let the wicked forsake his evil way

And the unrighteous man his thoughts. and the unrighteous man his rebelliousthoughts.

Let him return unto the Lord;/ Says the Lord: ‘Let them return to me,

And He will have mercy upon him;/Andto our God, for He will abundantlypardon (233).

[Isaiah 55.7]

and I will have mercy on them; I willabundantly pardon.’

49: PEACE AND WAR (Hume 267)


131:2.12 “Says God, the creator ofheaven and earth:

Great peace have they who love Thy law(273).

[Psalms 119.165]

‘Great peace have they who love my law.

35


My commandments are:

44: LOVE (Hume 234)


Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with allthine heart/and with all thy soul and withall thy might (240).

[Deuteronomy 6.5; sim. 11.1; 30.6]

You shall love me with all your heart;

50: SUMMARY DUTIES (Hume 276)


[God spake all these words:] “Thou shalthave no other gods before ME./

you shall have no gods before me;

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lordthy God in vain./

you shall not take my name in vain;

Remember the sabbath day to keep itholy./Six days shalt thou labor, and do allthy work./

remember the Sabbath day to keep itholy;

Honor thy father and thy mother./ honor your father and mother;

Thou shalt not kill./ you shall not kill;

Thou shalt not commit adultery./ you shall not commit adultery;

Thou shalt not steal./ you shall not steal;

Thou shalt not bear false witness againstthy neighbor./

you shall not bear false witness;

Thou shalt not covet” (282).

[Exodus 20.1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13-17; sim.Deuteronomy 5.7, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17-20, 21]

you shall not covet.’

36


44: LOVE (Hume 234)


Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself(240).

[Leviticus 19.18]

131:2.13 “And to all who love the Lordsupremely and their neighbors likethemselves,



[Saith the Lord:]/“I will ransom you fromthe power of the grave./I will redeemthem from death./O grave! I will be thydestruction!” (72)

[Hosea 13.14]

the God of heaven says: ‘I will ransomyou from the grave; I will redeem youfrom death.

I will be merciful to your children, as wellas just.



Have I not said of my creatures on earth,

Ye are the sons of the living God (80).

[Hosea 1.10]

you are the sons of the living God?

44: LOVE (Hume 234)


Thus saith the Lord:/“Yea, I have lovedthee with an everlasting love./Thereforewith loving-kindness have I drawn thee”(241).

[Jeremiah 31.2, 3]

And have I not loved you with aneverlasting love?

37




Have I not called you to become like me

Surely goodness and mercy shall followme/All the days of my life./And I willdwell in the house of the Lord forever(72).

[Psalms 23.6]

and to dwell forever with me inParadise?’”

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3. BUDDHISM

131:3.1 Ganid was shocked to discoverhow near Buddhism came to being a greatand beautiful religion without God,without a personal and universal Deity.However, he did find some record ofcertain earlier beliefs which reflectedsomething of the influence of theteachings of the Melchizedek mission-aries who continued their work in Indiaeven to the times of Buddha. Jesus andGanid collected the following statementsfrom the Buddhist literature:


BUDDHISM (Hume 32)

131:3.2 “Out of a pure heart

Gladness will spring up within me;/ shall gladness spring forth to the Infinite;

and, so rejoicing, all my frame will be atpeace./

all my being shall be at peace with thissupermortal rejoicing.

I shall experience a blissful feeling ofcontent;/

My soul is filled with content,

and in that bliss, my heart will be at rest(32).

[Mahavagga 8.15.13: SBE 17.224]

and my heart overflows with the bliss ofpeaceful trust.

Now I am without fear or anxiety, trustfuland not alarmed./

I have no fear; I am free from anxiety.

I dwell at ease, subdued, secure, withpeaceful mind./Over and over again I cry,“O happiness! O happiness!” (32)

[Cullavagga 7.1.6: SBE 20.232]

I dwell in security, and my enemiescannot alarm me.

I am satisfied with the fruits of myconfidence.

39



BUDDHISM (Hume 37)

Wide opened is the door of the Immortal/to all who have ears to hear./Let themsend forth faith to meet it (37).

[Mahavagga 1.5.12: SBE 13.88]

I have found the approach to the Immortaleasy of access.

I pray for faith to sustain me on the longjourney; I know that faith from beyondwill not fail me.

So long as the brethren shall be full offaith,/

I know my brethren will prosper if theybecome imbued with the faith of theImmortal,

even the faith that creates

modest in heart, afraid of wrongdoing,/full of learning, strong in energy, active inmind, and full of wisdom,/—so long maythe brethren be expected/not to decline,but to prosper (37).

[Maha-Parinibbana Sutta 1.8: SBB 3.83;

sim. SBE 11.8]

modesty, uprightness, wisdom, courage,knowledge, and perseverance.

Let us forsake sorrow and disown fear.

By faith, by righteousness, by manliness,/ By faith let us lay hold upon truerighteousness and genuine manliness.

By meditation, by just judgment,/Bytheory and practice, by mindfulness/Leave aside sorrow,—no slight burden!(37)

[Dhammapada 144: Wagiswara andSaunders, BWV 41]

Let us learn to meditate on justice andmercy.

40


Faith is the best wealth to a man here(37).

[Sutta Nipata 181: Coomara Swamy, SuttaNipata 48, Alavaka Sutta 2; cf. SBE10.2.30]

Faith is man’s true wealth;

A man full of faith/If endowed with virtueand glory,/Is respected whatever place hemay choose (37).

[Dhammapada 303: SBE 2 ed. 10.1.73]nd

it is the endowment of virtue and glory.


BUDDHISM (Hume 42)

I deem unrighteous actions contemptible/ 131.3.3 “Unrighteousness is contempt-ible;

sin is despicable. Evil is degrading,

whether they be performed by deed/or byword or by thought (42).


whether held in thought or wrought out indeeds.

If a man speaks or acts with an evilthought,/Pain follows him, as the wheel/Follows the foot of the ox that draws thecarriage.

Pain and sorrow follow in the path of evil

[See last parallel row on p. 44, below.] as the dust follows the wind.

If a man speaks or acts with a purethought,/Happiness follows him,/ Happiness and peace of mind follow pure

thinking and virtuous living

Like a shadow that never leaves him (42).

[Dhammapada 1, 2: SBE 10.1.3, 4]

as the shadow follows the substance ofmaterial things.

Enemy works evil to enemy; hater, tohater./But worse is the evil/Wrought by awrongly-directed mind (42).

[Dhammapada 42: Silacara, Dhammapada12]

Evil is the fruit of wrongly directedthinking.

41


They who see sin where there is nosin,/And they who see no sin where thereis sin—/

It is evil to see sin where there is no sin;to see no sin where there is sin.

Such men, embracing false doctrine,/Enter the evil path.

Evil is the path of false doctrines.

They who see sin where there is sin,/Andthey who see no sin where there is nosin—/

Those who avoid evil by seeing things asthey are

Such men, embracing true doctrine,/Enterthe good path (42).

[Dhammapada 318-319: SBE, 2 ed.nd

10.1.77]

gain joy by thus embracing the truth.

Look on sin, and loathe it./Then will yemake an end of misery (42).

[Iti-vuttaka 39: Moore, Sayings of Buddha,The Iti-vuttaka 53]

Make an end of your misery by loathingsin.


BUDDHISM (Hume 47)

This, O friend, is the advantage/of thediscipline of the noble one:/

When you look up to the Noble One,

turn away from sin with a whole heart.Make no apology for evil; make noexcuse for sin.

that he who looks upon his sin as sin,/andmakes amends for it as is meet—/hebecomes able in the future/to restrainhimself therefrom (47).

[Cullavagga 5.20.5: SBE 20.122-123]

By your efforts to make amends for pastsins you acquire strength to resist futuretendencies thereto.

Restraint is born of repentance.

Leave not a fault unconfessed (47).

[Cullavagga 10.6.2: SBE 20.331]

Leave no fault unconfessed to the NobleOne.

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* No! That deed is well done, of which aman does not repent,/And the reward ofwhich he receives/Gladly and cheerfully(47).

[Dhammapada 67-68; sim. 314: SBE10.1.21; sim. 10.1.76]

131:3.4 “Cheerfulness and gladness arethe rewards of deeds well done

and to the glory of the Immortal.


BUDDHISM (Hume 54)

The emancipation of my mind cannot belost (54).


No man can rob you of the liberty of yourown mind.

When a religionist becomes fullyemancipated in heart,/

When the faith of your religion hasemancipated your heart,

his mind is undefiled, firm, immovable—/as if a mountain of rock undivided, solid,one mass;/and much wind and rain shouldfall upon it/from the east, the west, thenorth, the south,/yet they would not makeit shake or tremble or quake (54).

[Mahavagga 5.1.25-26: SBE 17.11-12, withthe general term “religionist” in place ofthe technical designation “Bhikkhu”]

when the mind, like a mountain, is settledand immovable,

[For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I willextend peace to her like a river, and the glory of theGentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck,ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandledupon her knees (Isa. 66:12).]

then shall the peace of the soul flowtranquilly like a river of waters.

By the complete destruction of lust,hatred and delusion/devout men are nolonger liable to suffering,/and are assuredof final salvation (54).

[Maha-Parinibbana Sutta 2.7: SBE 11.26]

Those who are sure of salvation areforever free from lust, envy, hatred, andthe delusions of wealth.

43


While faith is the energy of the better life,

Work out your own salvation withdiligence (54).

[Maha-Parinibbana Sutta 3.66; also 6.10: SBE 11.61; also 11.114]

nevertheless, must you work out yourown salvation with perseverance.

If a religionist desire to be assured offinal salvation,/let him then fulfill allrighteousness;/

If you would be certain of your finalsalvation, then make sure that yousincerely seek to fulfill all righteousness.

let him be devoted to that quietude ofheart/which springs from within;/

Cultivate the assurance of the heart whichsprings from within

let him not drive back the ecstasy ofcontemplation;/let him look throughthings (54).

[Akankheyya Sutta 11: SBE 11.213, withthe general term “religionist” in place ofthe technical designation “Bhikkhu”]

and thus come to enjoy the ecstasy ofeternal salvation.

A religionist is unfit to attain supremeenlightenment/

131:3.5 “No religionist may hope toattain the enlightenment of immortalwisdom

Who is slothful and froward, indolent andfeeble,/Who hath much idleness andlaziness,/Who is shameless and dis-respectful.

who persists in being slothful, indolent,feeble, idle, shameless, and selfish.

He who is thoughtful, prudent andreflective,/Fervent, not froward, andearnest,/

But whoso is thoughtful, prudent,reflective, fervent, and earnest—

Hath destroyed his fetters; he, e’en hereon earth,/

even while he yet lives on earth—

May attain supreme enlightenment (54).

[Iti-vuttaka 34: Moore, Sayings of Buddha,The Iti-vuttaka 47-48, with the general term“religionist” in place of the technicaldesignation “monk”]

may attain the supreme enlightenment

of the peace and liberty of divine wisdom.

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BUDDHISM (Hume 59)

Actions receive their reward./And ourdeeds have their result (59).

[Mahavagga 1.38.11: SBE 13.190-191]

Remember, every act shall receive itsreward.

If a man commits a sin,/Let him not do itagain./Let him not delight in sin;/Pain isthe outcome of evil.

Evil results in sorrow and sin ends inpain.

If a man does what is good,/Let him do itagain./Let him delight in it;/Happiness isthe outcome of good.

Joy and happiness are the outcome of agood life.

Even an evil-doer sees happiness/So longas his evil deed has not ripened./

Even the evildoer enjoys a season ofgrace before the time of the full ripeningof his evil deeds,

But when his evil deed has ripened,/Thendoes the evil-doer see evil.

but inevitably there must come the fullharvest of evil-doing.

Let no man think lightly of evil, saying inhis heart,/

Let no man think lightly of sin, saying inhis heart:

“It will not come nigh unto me!”/Even bythe falling of water-drops is a water-potfilled./The fool becomes full of evil,/Evenif he gather it little by little (59).

[Dhammapada 117-119, 120: SBE 10.1.34,1 ed.]st

‘The penalty of wrongdoing shall notcome near me.’

What you do shall be done to you, in thejudgment of wisdom.

Whoso is offended by an inoffensiveman,/And whoso blames an innocentman—/His evil returns upon him,/As finedust thrown against the wind (59).

[Dhammapada 125; sim. Iti-vuttaka 89:Wagiswara and Saunders, BWV 39; sim.Moore, Sayings of Buddha, The Iti-vuttaka104]

Injustice done to your fellows shall comeback upon you.

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Creatures follow the destiny of theirdeeds (59).


The creature cannot escape the destiny ofhis deeds.


BUDDHISM (Hume 82)

* Let no man think lightly of evil, sayingin his heart,/

131:3.6 “The fool has said in his heart,

“It will not come nigh unto me!”/Even bythe falling of water-drops is a water-potfilled./The fool becomes full of evil,/Evenif he gather it little by little (82).

[Dhammapada 121-122: SBE 10.1.34]

‘Evil shall not overtake me’;


BUDDHISM (Hume 89)

but safety is found only when the soul

Him I call a first-class person/Who,though he has committed no offence,/Endures reproach, stripes and bonds,/Who has endurance for his force (89).

[Dhammapada 399: SBE 10.1.92, with“first-class person” in place of the technicalPali designation “Brahmana”]

craves reproof

Whoso is deep in wisdom andintelligence,/Who with skill can discernthe right and wrong,/Who hath attainedthe highest goal:—/Him I deem a first-class person (89).

[Dhammapada 403: Woodward, BPV 90,where the reference-number for thispassage is Dhammapada 401; with “first-class person” in place of the technical Palidesignation “Brahmana”; cf. SBE 10.1.93;Wagiswara and Saunders, BWV 81]

and the mind seeks wisdom.

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The wise man is a noble soul who is

Friendly among the hostile,/ friendly in the midst of his enemies,

Tranquil among the turbulent,/ Ungrasp-ing amid the grasping:—/Such I call afirst-class person (89).

[Dhammapada 406: Silacara, DWT 49, with“first-class person” in place of the technicaldesignation “Brahmin”]

tranquil among the turbulent, and gener-ous among the grasping.

20: UNSELFISHNESS (Hume 105)

BUDDHISM (Hume 105)

Cut out the love of self (105).

[Dhammapada 285: SBE 10.1.70]

Love of self

Weeds are the blight of fields./The blightof this generation is self-seeking (105).

[Dhammapada 359: Silacara, DWT 44; cf.Woodward, BPV 79]

is like weeds in a goodly field.

People grieve from selfishness;/perpetualcares kills them (105).

[Sutta Nipata 805: SBE 10.2.150]

Selfishness leads to grief; perpetual carekills.


BUDDHISM (Hume 108)

It is good to tame the mind,/Which isdifficult to hold in, and flighty,/Runningwherever it listeth./A tamed mind bringshappiness (108).


The tamed mind yields happiness.

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Though one should conquer inbattle/Thousands and thousands ofmen,/Whoso shall conquer himself—/Heis the greatest of warriors./To overcomeoneself is better truly/Than to overcomeothers (109).

[Dhammapada 103-104: Silacara, DWT 18]

He is the greatest of warriors whoovercomes and subdues himself.

30: TEMPERANCE (Hume 155)

BUDDHISM (Hume 155)

Restraint in all things is good (155).

[Dhammapada 361: Vaidya andShrikhande, Dhammapada 45]

Restraint in all things is good.

33: DUTY (Hume 176)

BUDDHISM (Hume 176)

He alone is a first-class person who isvirtuous/and accomplished in the obser-vance of his duties (176).

[Sutta Nipata, Vasettha Sutta,Introduction: Coomara Swamy, SuttaNipata 128, with “first-class person” inplace of the technical Pali designation“Brahman”; cf. SBE 10.2.108, where thispassage occurs between Sutta Nipata 593and 594]

He alone is a superior person whoesteems virtue and is observant of hisduty.

35: ANGER AND HATRED (Hume 187)

BUDDHISM (Hume 187)

Let anger not o’ermaster you./And rageye not against them who rage./Bad folkby wrath are overthrown,/As when anavalanche comes down (187).

[Samyutta Nikaya 11.3.5: Pali Text Society, BKSSN 1.307]

Let not anger and hate master you.

Do not speak harshly to anybody (187).


Speak harshly of no one.

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37: WEALTH AND PROSPERITY(Hume 197)

BUDDHISM (Hume 197)

Content is the greatest wealth (197).


Contentment is the greatest wealth.

38: GIVING AND HELPING (Hume205)

BUDDHISM (Hume 205)

Save thyself by giving. What’s given, iswell saved (205).

[Anguttara Nikaya 3.6.52: Pali TextSociety, BGSAN 1.139]

What is given wisely is well saved.


CONFUCIANISM (Hume 221)

Do not do to others what you would notlike yourself (222).

[Analects 12.2: Soothill, Analects ofConfucius 561]

Do not to others those things you wouldnot wish done to you.


BUDDHISM (Hume 224)

Pay good for evil;

Let a man overcome wrath by calmness,evil by good./Let him subdue the miser byliberality, the liar by truth (224).


overcome evil with the good.

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BUDDHISM (Hume 59)

Better than sovereignty over the earth,/Better than lordship over all worlds/Is thereward of the first step in holiness (59).

[Dhammapada 178: SBE 10.1.48, 1 ed.,st

10.1.48-49, 2 ed.; cf. Monier-Williams,nd

Buddhism 128]

131:3.7 “A righteous soul is more to bedesired than the sovereignty of all theearth.


BUDDHISM (Hume 65)

Earnestness is the path of immortality;/ Immortality is the goal of sincerity;

Thoughtlessness, the path of death./ death, the end of thoughtless living.

Those who are in earnest, do not die;/ Those who are earnest die not;

Those who are thoughtless, are as if deadalready (65).


the thoughtless are dead already.

Better one day of insight into thedeathless state/Than a hundred years ofblindness to this immortality (65).

[Dhammapada 114: Wagiswara and

Saunders, BWV 37]

Blessed are they who have insight into thedeathless state.

He who, seeking his own happiness,/Punishes or kills beings/Who also longfor happiness,/Will not find happinessafter death (65).


Those who torture the living will hardlyfind happiness after death.

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Benefactors, when they leave this humanlife,/Do go to heaven./

The unselfish go to heaven,

And those who have gone to heaven,/Rejoice there in bliss;/ where they rejoice in the bliss

[He is a fool who does not delight in liberality./Thewise, delighting in liberality,/Come thereby withgladness to the other world (65)]

of infinite liberality

And, losing their selfishness,/They enjoythe result of generosity (65).


and continue to increase in noblegenerosity.

That individual in this world whoreflecteth right thoughts,/Who utterethright words,/who doeth right acts,/

Every mortal who thinks righteously,speaks nobly, and acts unselfishly

Who is learned and virtuous here in thisbrief life—/

shall not only enjoy virtue here duringthis brief life

He, after the dissolution of the body,/goeth to heaven (65).


but shall also, after the dissolution of thebody, continue to enjoy the delights ofheaven.”

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4. HINDUISM

131:4.1 The missionaries ofMelchizedek carried the teachings of theone God with them wherever theyjourneyed. Much of this monotheisticdoctrine, together with other and previousconcepts, became embodied in thesubsequent teachings of Hinduism. Jesusand Ganid made the following excerpts:


HINDUISM (Hume 3)

He is the God in every way supreme./ 131:4.2 “He is the great God, in everyway supreme.

He, the Lord of prayer, encompasseth all(3).

[Rig Veda 2.24.11: Griffith, Rigveda 1.290,with “Lord of prayer” in place of theSanskrit designation for the Deity“Brahmanaspati”]

He is the Lord who encompasses allthings.

He is the Creator, He the Disposer./ He is the creator and controller of theuniverse of universes.

He Himself is one, single, one only (3).

[Atharva Veda 13.4.3, 12, 20: Whitney andLanman, Atharva-veda 2.732, 733]

God is one God; he is alone and byhimself; he is the only one.

And this one God is our Maker

“How many gods are there?” “One! Iknow that Person,/The Last Source ofevery soul” (3).

[Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad 3.9.1, 10:Hume, TPU 119, 120, 121]

and the last destiny of the soul.

The Supreme Being is brilliant, the Lightof lights—/That which knowers of thesoul do know./

The Supreme One is brilliant beyonddescription; he is the Light of Lights.

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After Him, as He shines, doth everythingshine. This whole world is illumined withHis light (3).

[Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.9, 10, the last twolines also in Katha Upanishad 5.15, and alsoin Svetasvatara Upanishad 6.14: Hume,TPU 373, 358, 410, with “The SupremeBeing” in place of the Sanskrit “Brahma”]

Every heart and every world is illumin-ated by this divine light.

The One with His ruling powers, Whorules all the worlds,/Alone stands in theirarising and continued existence./God, theOne, He, the Protector, stands oppositecreatures./

God is our protector—he stands by theside of his creatures—

They who know that, become immortal(4).

[Svetasvatara Upanishad 3.1, 2: Hume,TPU 399, with “God” in place of theSanskrit designation for the Deity “Rudra”]

and those who learn to know him becomeimmortal.

The One Who rules over every singlesource,/

God is the great source of energy;

The Great Soul, exercises universaloverlordship—/

he is the Great Soul. He exercisesuniversal lordship over all.

That One God, glorious, adorable (4).

[Svetasvatara Upanishad 5.2, 3, 4: Hume, TPU 406. “Great Soul” is the Englishequivalent for the Sanskrit “Mahatma”]

This one God is loving, glorious, andadorable.

Supreme Being, Supreme Abode,/Supreme in purifying power art Thou!/ Our God is supreme in power and abides

in the supreme abode.

Person eternal and divine, unborn,pervading all,/The Primal Lord ofHeaven!

This true Person is eternal and divine; heis the primal Lord of heaven.

Thus all seers have hailed Thee./ All the prophets have hailed him,

And Thou Thyself revealest it to me! and he has revealed himself to us.

We worship him.

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O Supreme Person, O source of beings,/Lord of beings, O Ruler of the universe!/

O Supreme Person, source of beings,Lord of creation, and ruler of theuniverse,

Tell without reserve Thine own divinepervading powers,/

reveal to us, your creatures, the power

Whereby Thou abidest immanent! (4)

[Bhagavad Gita 10.12, 13, 15, 16: Hill, Bhagavad Gita 193, 194, with “SupremeBeing” in place of the Sanskrit designation“Brahman”]

whereby you abide immanent!


HINDUISM (Hume 7)

O God, Thou has made the sun, eternalstar/To mount the sky, bestowing light onliving men./Thou, God, are the people’slight—/Best, dearest, seated in Thy shrine(7).

[Rig Veda 10.156.4-5: Griffith, Rigveda2.595, with “God” in place of the Sanskritdesignation for the Deity “Agni”]

God has made the sun and the stars;

The encompassing Self-existent, thebright, the pure,/

he is bright, pure, and self-existent.

His eternal knowledge is divinely wise.

Unpierced by evil, wise, intelligent,/Hathdistributed objects appropriately/Throughthe eternal years (7).

[Yajur Veda 40.8; also Isa Upanishad 8: anoriginal translation from the Sanskrit; cf.Griffith, White Yajurveda 306; Hume, TPU363]

The Eternal is unpenetrated by evil.

This universe hath sprung from the Lord./ Inasmuch as the universe sprang fromGod, he does rule it appropriately.

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In Him it is established. He is the Causeof the creation (7).

[Vishnu Purana 1.1.35: Dutt, VishnuPuranam 4, with “the Lord” in place of theSanskrit designation for the Deity“Vishnu”; cf. Wilson, Vishnu Purana 1.11]

He is the cause of creation, and hence areall things established in him.


HINDUISM (Hume 12)

God is the good man’s refuge in his need(12).

[Rig Veda 1.51.14: Griffith, Rigveda 1.71,with “God” in place of the Sanskritdesignation for the Deity “Indra”]

131:4.3 “God is the sure refuge ofevery good man when in need;

Immortal One—He cares for all mankind!(12)

[Rig Veda 1.70.2: Griffith, Rigveda 1.94]

the Immortal One cares for all mankind.

God is strong to save, rich in assistance./ God’s salvation is strong

May He, possessing all, be kind andgracious!/

and his kindness is gracious.

May we enjoy His favor, His the holy!/May we enjoy His blessed loving-kindness!/May God, as our goodProtector,/Drive off and keep afar allthose who hate us! (12)

[Rig Veda 10.131.6, 7: Griffith, Rigveda 2.578, with “God” in place of the Sanskritdesignation for the Deity “Indra”]

He is a loving protector, a blesseddefender.

[Saith the Lord:] “Verily, on account ofcompassion for them/I, Who dwell withintheir own souls,/Destroy the darknessborn of their unwisdom/

Says the Lord: ‘I dwell within their ownsouls

By the shining lamp of wisdom” (12).

[Bhagavad Gita 10.11: an originaltranslation from the Sanskrit; cf. SBE 8.87;Hill, Bhagavad Gita 192]

as a lamp of wisdom.

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“I am the Splendor of the splendid./I amthe Victory. I am Enterprise./I am theGoodness of the good” (12).

[Bhagavad Gita 10.36: Davies, BhagavadGita 116]

I am the splendor of the splendid and thegoodness of the good.

4: THE DIVINE OMNIPRESENCE ANDINNER PRESENCE

* Wherever two together plot,/And deemthey are alone,/The Heavenly Lord isthere, a third;/And all their schemes areknown.

Where two or three gather together, theream I also.’

Whoever far beyond the sky/Should thinkhis way to wing,/He could not there eludethe grasp/Of the Heavenly Lord, theKing.

The creature cannot escape the presenceof the Creator.

The ceaseless winkings all He counts ofevery mortal’s eyes (15).

[Atharva Veda 4.16.1, 2, 4, 5: Muir, MTSW163, with “the Heavenly Lord” in place ofthe Sanskrit designation for the Deity“Varuna”; cf. Griffith, Atharva-veda 1.153,154; Muller, India, What Can It Teach Us?199-200; Kaegi, The Rigveda, 65-66; Muri,OST 5.63-66]

The Lord even counts the ceaselesswinking of every mortal’s eyes;

I worship as the Supreme Being, as theInseparable Companion,/the Person Whois here in the quarters of heaven/He whoworships Him as such, has a companion./His company is not separated from him(16).

[Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad 2.1.11:Hume, TPU 94, with “the Supreme Being”in place of the Sanskrit designation“Brahma”]

and we worship this divine Being as ourinseparable companion.

All-pervading is He, bountiful,omnipresent and kindly (16).

[Svetasvatara Upanishad 3.11; sim. 6.11:Hume, TPU 401; sim. 409]

He is all-prevailing, bountiful,omnipresent, and infinitely kind.

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The Lord, the Ruler of all, the greatShelter of all,/The Controller of the wholeworld, the great primeval Person,/

The Lord is our ruler, shelter, andsupreme controller,

The Soul that is set in the heart of acreature here—/I know this undecaying,primeval Soul of all,/Present in every-thing through immanence (16).

[Svetasvatara Upanishad 3.17, 18, 19, 20,21: Hume, TPU 402]

and his primeval spirit dwells within themortal soul.

The Eternal Witness to virtue and vicedwelleth in the heart (16).

[Laws of Manu 8.91: Dutt, Manu Samhita 266]

The Eternal Witness to vice and virtuedwells within man’s heart.


HINDUISM (Hume 19)

Let us meditate on the adorable glory/Ofthe Divine Vivifier!/

Let us long meditate on the adorable anddivine Vivifier;

And may He Himself direct our thoughts!(19)

[Rig Veda 3.62.10: an original translation,with “Vivifier” in place of the Sanskritdesignation for the Deity “Savitri”; cf.Griffith, Rigveda 1.391; Bloomfield,Religion of the Veda 87. This is the famous“Savitri” or “Gayatri” prayer, dating frommore than a thousand years before Christ.It is the morning-prayer prescribed forevery high-caste Hindu. It is the world’smost ancient formula of prayer still in dailyuse.]

let his spirit fully direct our thoughts.

From the unreal lead me to the real!/Fromdarkness lead me to light!/

From this unreal world lead us to the real!From darkness lead us to the light!

From death lead me to immortality! (19)

[Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28:Hume, TPU 80]

From death guide us to immortality!

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[Saith the Lord:] “With your heartspurged of all ill-feeling,/worship even ME

with your acts” (19).

[Bhagavata Purana 4.14.28: Dutt, SrimadBhagabatam 4.68; sim. Subba Rau, SrimadBhagavatam 4.2.92]

131:4.4 “With our hearts purged of allhate, let us worship the Eternal.


HINDUISM (Hume 23)

He, the Lord of prayer, Who with mightbowed down/Things that should bebowed—that was a great deed!/Strongthings were loosened, and firmlyfixed/Gave way by prayer.

Our God is the Lord of prayer;

he hears the cry of his children.

All men bring their will to Him, theResolute./They cleave to Him, the HolyOne, to Him the Strong./Pay worship withoblation! (23)


Let all men submit their wills to him, theResolute.

First and pre-eminent, excelling allbesides,/Are the kind gifts of the liberalLord of prayer./These are the boons ofHim, the Strong, Who should beloved,/Whereby the people have delight(24).

[Rig Veda 2.24.2, 3, 10: Griffith, Rigveda1.289, 290; with “the Lord of prayer” inplace of the Sanskrit designations for theDeity “Brahmanaspati” and “Brihaspati”]

Let us delight in the liberality of the Lordof prayer.

I make prayer mine inmost friend (24).

[Atharva Veda 7.100: Griffith, Atharva-veda 1.378]

Make prayer your inmost friend

and worship your soul’s support.

[Saith the Lord:] “To them ever devoted,worshipping ME in love,/

‘If you will but worship me in love,’ saysthe Eternal,

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I give that means of wisdom by whichthey attain to ME” (24).

[Bhagavad Gita 10.10: Mitra, BhagavadGita 105]

‘I will give you the wisdom to attain me,

“He who constantly worships ME,/Practising the duties laid down forhim,/And does not give his mind to anyother,/And who thinks of ME in allbeings/Attains firm devotion to ME./MY

worship is the virtue common to all” (24).

[Bhagavata Purana 11.18.44, 43: SubbaRau, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.118; cf. Dutt,Srimad Bhagabatam 11.74]

for my worship is the virtue common toall creatures.’


HINDUISM (Hume 27)

O God, Illuminator of gloom,/To Thee wecome day after day,/Bringing ourreverence with prayer! (27)

[Rig Veda 1.1.7; also Sama Veda 1.1.2.4;White Yajur Veda 3.22; SatapathaBrahmana 2.3.4.28: an original translation,with “God” in place of the Sanskritdesignation for the Deity “Agni”; cf.Griffith, Rigveda 1.2; Macdonell, Hymnsfrom the Rigveda 72; Macdonell, VedicReader 8; Thomas, Vedic Hymns 26;Griffith, Samaveda 4; Griffith, WhiteYajurveda 19; SBE 12.354]

God is the illuminator of the gloomy

and the power of those who are faint.

O God, Lord of power and might!/ Strongin thy friendship, we have no fear./

Since God is our strong friend, we haveno more fear.

With praises we glorify Thee,/The never-conquered Conqueror (27).

[Rig Veda 1.11.2: Griffith, Rigveda 1.13,with “O God” in place of the Sanskritdesignation for the Deity “Indra”]

We praise the name of the never-conquered Conqueror.

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Man’s Helper from of old, notdisappointing hope,/Friend of our friends,as such to Thee we sing this praise (27).

[Rig Veda 1.53.2; also Atharva Veda20.21.2: Griffith, Rigveda 1.74; also

Griffith, Atharva-veda 2.338]

We worship him because he is man’sfaithful and eternal helper.

O Lord of power, strengthen us with Thymight!/This new prayer to Thee, OMighty God, Eternal!/Sure Leader,enriched with prayer, come soon andearly! (28)

[Rig Veda 1.62.12, 13: Griffith, Rigveda1.86, with “God” in place of the Sanskritdesignation for the Deity “Indra”]

God is our sure leader and unfailingguide.

I praise this God, Parent of heaven andearth,/

He is the great parent of heaven andearth,

Exceeding wise, possessed of realenergy,/Giver of treasure, Thinker dear toall,/

possessed of unlimited energy andinfinite wisdom.

Whose splendor is sublime,/Whose lightshone brilliant in creation/Who in hisbeauty made the sky (28).

[Sama Veda 1.5.2.3.8; also Atharva Veda7.14.1, 2: Griffith, Samaveda 95; alsoGriffith, Atharva-veda 1.334]

His splendor is sublime and his beautydivine.

Thou art to be known as the Highest, theImperishable./Thou art the SupremeRefuge of this universe./

He is the supreme refuge of the universe

Thou art the Changeless Guardian ofeverlasting law./I think of Thee as theEternal Person (28).

[Bhagavad Gita 11.18: an originaltranslation from the Sanskrit; cf. Davies,Bhagavad Gita 122; Barnett, Bhagavad Gita138; SBE 8.94]

and the changeless guardian ofeverlasting law.

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HINDUISM (Hume 33)

Lord of all life! From near, from far/DoThou, O God, evermore protect us (33).

[Rig Veda 1.27.3; sim. 1.18.3: Griffith, Rigveda 1.35, with “God” in place of theSanskrit designation for the Deity “Agni”;sim. 1.22]

Our God is the Lord of life

O mightiest God! Verily, Thou blessestmortal man./There is no comforter butThou./Good Lord! Let not Thy bounteousgifts,/Let not Thy saving help fail us atany time!/

and the Comforter of all men;

Thou Lover of mankind!/Measure out tous/All riches hitherward! (33)

[Rig Veda 1.844.19, 20: Griffith, Rigveda1.109]

he is the lover of mankind

Be with us when we stray afar!/Be withus when our home is nigh!/Protect us withThy help both near and far away!/Protectus ever with Thy help! (33)


and the helper of those who aredistressed.

O God, on all sides Thou art our Life-giver!/Aim of all eyes, Light-finder, comewithin us!/With Thy protections bothfrom behind and from before,/O God,preserve us of one accord! (33)

[Rig Veda 8.48.15: Griffith, Rigveda 2.199,with “O God” in place of the Sanskritdesignations for the Deity “Soma” and“Indu”]

He is our life giver

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No anxiety, no harm from anywhere, nodouble-dealers,/No enemies willovercome him/Who Thou, Lord of prayer,watchest as a good Shepherd./Thou artour Shepherd, preparing the way (33).

[Rig Veda 2.23.5, 6: Peterson, SSHR pageXXIV of Translation, with “Lord ofprayer” in place of the Sanskrit designationfor the Deity “Brahmanaspati”]

and the Good Shepherd of the humanflocks.

Yea, God, Thou art our Father./Thou arta Brother and a Friend./So give usstrength, that we may live (33).

[Rig Veda 10.186.2: Griffith, Rigveda 2.607,with “God” in place of the Sanskritdesignation for the Deity “Vata”]

God is our father, brother, and friend.

Reveal Thyself. What awful form artThou!/I worship Thee. Have mercy, GodSupreme!/Thine inner being I am fain toknow./This Thy forth-streaming lifebewilders me (33).

[Bhagavad Gita 11.31: Besant andBhagavan Das, Bhagavad Gita 208-209]

And we long to know this God in ourinner being.


HINDUISM (Hume 39)

Man winneth faith by yearnings of theheart (39).


131:4.5 “We have learned to win faithby the yearning of our hearts.

The man of faith obtaineth wisdom,/If heis devoted to it, and has restrained hissenses,/

We have attained wisdom by the restraintof our senses,

Having obtained wisdom, he speedilyattains/Unto the peace which is supreme(39).

[Bhagavad Gita 4.39-40: an originaltranslation from the Sanskrit; cf. Mitra,Bhagavad Gita 54; Paramananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita 41]

and by wisdom we have experiencedpeace in the Supreme.

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[Saith the Lord:] “I consider him the mostdevout of all devotees/Who, full of faith,worships ME/With his inner self intent onME” (39).

[Bhagavad Gita 6.47: an originaltranslation from the Sanskrit; cf. Davies,Bhagavad Gita 81]

He who is full of faith worships trulywhen his inner self is intent upon God.


HINDUISM (Hume 43)

He Who engendered the earth andheaven;/Who made the worlds the mantlethat He weareth;/

Our God wears the heavens as a mantle;

In Whom abide the six wide-spreadingregions/Through which the bird’s keenvision penetrateth;/From Whom windsblow, pure in ordered season;/FromWhom the seas flow forth in alldirections;/He Who takes life away; HeWho bestows it;/From Whom comesbreath to every living creature:—/ThisGod is wroth, offended by the sinner (43).

[Atharva Veda 13.3.1, 2, 3: Griffith, Atharva-veda 2.150]

he also inhabits the other six wide-spreading universes.

He is supreme over all and in all.


HINDUISM (Hume 48)

Whatever trespass we have perpetrated/Against a friend, companion, or abrother,/A fellow tribesman, or against astranger,—/From that do Thou, OHeavenly Lord, release us! (48)

[Rig Veda 5.85.7: Griswold, Religion of theRigveda 124, with “Heavenly Lord” inplace of the Sanskrit designation for theDeity “Varuna”]

We crave forgiveness from the Lord forall of our trespasses against our fellows;

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and we would release our friend from thewrong he has done us.

* In proportion as his heart sincerelyloathes his evil deed,/So far shall his vitalspirit be freed from the taint (48).

[Laws of Manu 11.228-230: Muir, MTSW234]

Our spirit loathes all evil; therefore, OLord, free us from all taint of sin.


HINDUISM (Hume 55)

O Lord of prayer, we invoke Thee,Savior,/As a Protector, as the ComforterWho loveth us! (55)

[Rig Veda 2.23.7, 8: Griffith, Rigveda 1.287,with “Lord of prayer” in place of theSanskrit designation for the Deity“Brihaspati”]

We pray to God as a comforter, protector,and savior—one who loves us.


HINDUISM (Hume 84)

The universe’s mighty Keeper, wise,/hathentered into me the simple (84).


131:4.6 “The spirit of the UniverseKeeper enters the soul of the simplecreature.

[Saith the Lord:] “The wise man, everdevout, who worships the One,/Is themost excellent;/For, I am dear above allthings to the wise man./And he is dear toME” (85).

[Bhagavad Gita 7.17; sim. 10.8, 9: Davies, Bhagavad Gita 88; sim. Besant and Das, Bhagavad-Gita 177]

That man is wise who worships the OneGod.

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HINDUISM (Hume 92)

* [Saith the Lord:] “Among the thousandsof mankind/Only one perchance strivesfor perfection./And even of those whostrive for and obtain it/Only some oneknows ME in truth” (93).

[Bhagavad Gita 7.1, 3: Davies, BhagavadGita 86]

Those who strive for perfection mustindeed know the Lord Supreme.

23: FEARLESSNESS AND COURAGE(Hume 122)

HINDUISM (Hume 123)

He never fears who knows the bliss of theSupreme (123).

[Taittiriya Upanishad 2.4; sim. 2.9: anoriginal translation, with “the Supreme” inplace of the Sanskrit “Brahma”; cf. Hume,TPU 285; sim. 289]

He never fears who knows the blissfulsecurity of the Supreme,

ISLAM (Hume 123)

for the Supreme says to those who servehim,

[Saith the Lord:] “Fear not; for, verily Iam with you./I will hear, and see” (123).

[Koran 20.48: Abul-Fadi, Quran 1.221,where the reference-number for thispassage is Koran 20.45]

‘Fear not, for I am with you.’

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25: SIMPLICITY (Hume 130)

HINDUISM (Hume 130)

O God, Thou art our Providence, ourFather Thou!/We are Thy brethren, andThou art our spring of life./Thou artcalled Father, caring for the weak./And,Wisest, to the simple one Thou teachestlore (130).

[Rig Veda 1.31.10, 14: Griffith, Rigveda 1.41, 42, with “O God” in place of theSanskrit designation for the Deity “Agni”]

The God of providence is our Father.

29: TRUTH AND TRUTHFULNESS(Hume 148)

HINDUISM (Hume 150)

God departed not from the truth; for, Godis truth./

God is truth.

God said: “Understand ME MYSELF!/ThisI deem most beneficent to man—/namely,that one should understand ME!” (150).

[Kaushitaki Upanishad 3.1: Hume, TPU320, with “God” in place of the Sanskritdesignation for the Deity “Indra”]

And it is the desire of God that hiscreatures should understand him—

come fully to know the truth.

Truth is the Eternal. Truth is penance./ Truth is eternal;

It is truth which creates all creatures./Truth sustains the entire universe./Onegoes to heaven with the help of the truth(150).

[M ahabharata 1 2 .1 9 0 .1 : Dut t ,Mahabharata 12.281, with “the Eternal” inplace of the Sanskrit designation“Brahma”]

it sustains the universe.

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HINDUISM (Hume 162)

* Ever thus uniting his soul to theSupreme,/The devotee who has ceasedfrom sin/Enjoys easily the boundlesshappiness/Of union with the Supreme(163).

[Bhagavad Gita 6.27, 21, 22, 28: Davies, Bhagavad Gita 78, with “devotee” in placeof the technical Sanskrit designation“Yogin,” and with “the Supreme” in placeof “Brahma”]

Our supreme desire shall be union withthe Supreme.

[Saith the Lord:] “I am the Generator ofall. All evolves from ME./Understandingthus, the wise adore ME in rapt emotion./They are content and joyful,/Mindful ofME, their life hidden in ME,/Illuminingeach other, ever conversing about ME”(163).

[Bhagavad Gita 10.8, 9: Besant andBhagavan Das, Bhagavad Gita 177]

The Great Controller is the generator ofall things—all evolves from him.


HINDUISM (Hume 222)

This the sum of duty: Do naught toothers/Which, if done to thee, wouldcause thee pain (222).

[Mahabharata 5.39.72: Monier-Williams, Indian Wisdom 446; cf. Muir, MTSW 273,where in each case the reference-numberfor this passage is Mahabharata 5.1517; cf.Also Dutt, Mahabharata 5.63-64; Roy,Mahabharata 5.2.126; Hopkins, Religion ofIndia 479]

And this is the sum of duty:

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Let no man do to another/What would berepugnant to himself./This is duty insummary./Any other rule is according toinclination (222).

[Mahabharata 13.113.8: Muir, MTSW 273;cf. Monier-Williams, Indian Wisdom 450,where in each case the reference-numberfor this passage is 13.5771. In the latterinstance the verse is translated positively,whereas the original Sanskrit is negativelystated; cf. Dutt, Mahabharata 13.250]

Let no man do to another what would berepugnant to himself;


HINDUISM (Hume 226)

Do not reply harshly when questioned byanybody./Do not utter mean words. Nevercherish malice./By such means an enemyis won over (227).

[M ahabharata 1 2 .9 3 .1 0 : Dut t ,Mahabharata 12.138; cf. Roy, Mahabharata9.301]

cherish no malice,

Bear railing words with patience./nevermeet an angry man with anger,/Nor returnreviling for reviling./Smite not him whosmites thee (227).

[Mahabharata 5.36.11: Monier-Williams,Indian Wisdom 446; cf. Muir, MTSW 88and 276; where in each case the reference-number for this passage is Mahabharata5.1270; cf. also Dutt, Mahabharata 5.53;Roy, Mahabharata 5.2.104; Hopkins, Ethicsof India 179]

smite not him who smites you,

Anger must be conquered by forgiveness./And the wicked must be conquered byhonesty./The miser must be conquered byliberality./And falsehood must beconquered by truth (227).

[Mahabharata 5.39.73-74: Roy,Mahabharata 5.2.126; cf . Dutt,Mahabharata 5.64; Muir, MTSW 275,where the reference-number for thispassage is Mahabharata 5.1518]

conquer anger with mercy,

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By practising benevolence, one shouldconquer sin./By regard for all creatures,one should gain virtue (227).

[M ahabharata 1 2 .2 7 4 .9 : Dutt ,Mahabharata 12.413; cf. Roy, Mahabharata10.427]

and vanquish hate by benevolence.


HINDUISM (Hume 231)

And all this we should do because

Dear Friend and Father, caring for thepious,/Who speedest nigh, and Whoinspirest mortals!/Pardon, we pray, thissin of ours, O God—/The path which wehave trodden, widely straying! (231)

[Rig Veda 1.31.16: Griffith, Rigveda 1.42,with “God” in place of the Sanskritdesignation for the Deity “Agni”]

God is a kind friend and a gracious father

* O Lord, remit entirely our offences!(231)

[Rig Veda 4.12.4; sim. 2.27.14: Griffith, Rigveda 1.408, with “God” in place of theSanskrit designation for the Deity “Aditi”and with “O Lord” in place of “Agni”; sim.1.244]

who remits all our earthly offenses.


HINDUISM (Hume 54)

If we have injured earth or air orheaven,/If we have wronged our motheror our father,/May the Deity here absolveus,/And bear us up into the world ofvirtue!/Earth is our mother; the universe,our birth-place./heaven, Father, save us!(55)

[Atharva Veda 6.120.1, 2: Griffith, Atharva-veda 1.311, with “the Deity” in place of theSanskrit designation “Agni Garhapatya,”with “Heaven” in place of “Dyaus,” andwith “the universe” in place of “Aditi”; cf.SBE 42.165-166; Muir, OST 5.299-300]

131:4.7 “God is our Father, the earthour mother, and the universe ourbirthplace.

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Without the Lord, the soul is bound/ Without God the soul is a prisoner;

By knowing God, one is released from allfetters./

to know God releases the soul.

The One God rules over both theperishable and the soul./By meditation onHim, by union with Him,/By entering intoHis being more and more/

By meditation on God, by union withhim,

There is finally cessation from everyillusion./By knowing God, there is afalling off of all fetters (55).

[Svetasvatara Upanishad 1.8, 10, 11. Thesecond line of this quotation occurs also in2.15; 4.16; 5.13; 6.13: Hume, TPU 395, 396;also 399, 405, 407, 410]

there comes deliverance from theillusions of evil and ultimate salvationfrom all material fetters.

When men shall roll up space/As it werea piece of leather,/

When man shall roll up space as a pieceof leather,

Then will there be an end of evil/Apartfrom knowing God (55).

[Svetasvatara Upanishad 6.20: Hume, TPU411]

then will come the end of evil becauseman has found God.

This three-fold gate of hell—lust, wrathand avarice—Is the ruin of the soul./Aman free from these three gates ofdarkness/Works out the salvation of hissoul (56).

[Bhagavad Gita 16.21, 22: Davies, Bhagavad Gita 157]

O God, save us from the threefold ruin ofhell—lust, wrath, and avarice!


HINDUISM (Hume 66)

Saying thy prayer for cheerfulness,/Girdthyself for immortality (66).

[Atharva Veda 14.1.42: Griffith, Atharva-veda 2.167]

O soul, gird yourself for the spiritstruggle of immortality!

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When the end of mortal life comes,hesitate not to forsake this body for

As a goldsmith, taking a piece of gold,reduces it to/another newer and morebeautiful form—/just so this soul, strikingdown this body,/and dispelling itsignorance, makes for itself/another newerand more beautiful form (66).

[Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad 4.4.4: Hume, TPU 140; cf. SBE 15.175-176]

a more fit and beautiful form

The Supreme is conceived of, whenknown by an awakening./Truly, it isimmortality one finds./With the soul onefinds power./With knowledge one findsthe Immortal (66).

[Kena Upanishad 9 and 12 (or 2.1 and 4):Hume, TPU 336, 337, with “the Supreme”in place of the Sanskrit designation“Brahma”]

and to awake in the realms of theSupreme and Immortal,

In the heaven-world there is no fear./Leaving behind both hunger and thirst,/And out of the reach of sorrow,/Allrejoice in the world of heaven (66).

[Katha Upanishad 1.12: SBE 15.4]

where there is no fear, sorrow, hunger,thirst, or death.

He indeed is the Protector of the world intime,/The Overlord of all, hidden in allthings,/With whom the seers of theSupreme are joined in union./By knowingHim thus, one cuts the cords of death.

To know God is to cut the cords of death.

By knowing as kindly Him Who is hiddenin all things,/Exceedingly fine, like thecream finer than butter,/The OneEmbracer of the universe—/By knowingGod, one is released from all fetters.

The God-knowing soul rises in theuniverse like the cream appears on top ofthe milk.

That God, the All-worker, the GreatSoul,/Ever seated in the heart ofcreatures,/

We worship God, the all-worker, theGreat Soul, who is ever seated in theheart of his creatures.

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Is framed by the heart, by the thought, bythe mind./That who know That, becomeimmortal (67).

[Svetasvatara Upanishad 4.15, 16, 17;partly also 3.10, 11, 13; Katha Upanishad6.9: Hume, TPU 405; also 401; 39; with“the Supreme” in place of the Sanskritdesignation “Brahma”]

And they who know that God isenthroned in the human heart are destinedto become like him—immortal.

* Leaving his dead body on the ground,/His kinsman go away with averted faces./

Evil must be left behind in this world,

His virtue follows him (67).

[Laws of Manu 4.238-242: Burnell andHopkins, Ordinances of Manu 107-108]

but virtue follows the soul to heaven.

* The wicked say: “The universe has in it/Neither truth nor order nor a ruler,/

131:4.8 “It is only the wicked who say:The universe has neither truth nor a ruler;

And is only designed for lusts.” it was only designed for our lusts.

Fixed in this view, these ruined souls/Small in intellect and cruel in deeds,/Prevail as foes for the ruin of the world.

Such souls are deluded by the smallnessof their intellects.

Giving themselves up to insatiable lusts,full of deceit,/They hold false notionsthrough delusion,/And in their lives aredevoted to impurity (68).

[Bhagavad Gita 16.7, 8-16: Davies, Bhagavad Gita 156-157, with “the wicked”in place of the technical Sanskrit

designation “asuras”]

They thus abandon themselves to theenjoyment of their lusts

and deprive their souls of the joys ofvirtue and the pleasures of righteousness.

What can be greater than to experiencesalvation from sin?

The man who has seen the SupremeBeing is immortal (70).

[Mahabharata 5.46.23: Dutt, Mahabharata5.76]

The man who has seen the Supreme isimmortal.

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* In the darkness of death, the terrestrialfriends of a man/cannot follow hisdeparted soul./

Man’s friends of the flesh cannot survivedeath;

It is virtue alone that walks by his side,/ virtue alone walks by man’s side

as he journeys ever onward toward

be it in the wilderness or death,/or on theever-glad and sunlit fields of Paradise,/orwhere none can follow (70).

[Agni Purana 159.7, 8-11, 13, 14: Dutt,Agni Puranam 1.615, 616, with “Paradise”in place of “Elysium”]

the gladsome and sunlit fields ofParadise.”

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5. ZOROASTRIANISM

131:5.1 Zoroaster was himself directlyin contact with the descendants of theearlier Melchizedek missionaries, andtheir doctrine of the one God became acentral teaching in the religion which hefounded in Persia. Aside from Judaism,no religion of that day contained more ofthese Salem teachings. From the recordsof this religion Ganid made the followingexcerpts:


ZOROASTRIANISM (Hume 6)

I attribute all things to the Wise Lord,/theGood, the Righteous, Holy, Resplendent,Glorious;/to Whom belong all goodthings,/the world, righteousness prevail-ing the world;/

131:5.2 “All things come from, andbelong to, the One God—all-wise, good,righteous, holy, resplendent, and glorious.

with Whose light all brilliant objects andthe luminous globes are covered (6).

[Yasna 12.1: Modi, MEZB 1, with “theWise Lord” in place of the Avestandesignation for the Deity “Ahura Mazda”]

This, our God, is the source of allluminosity.

When I comprehended Thee as the realCreator of justice,/Lord among the deedsof life—/

He is the Creator,

Then through wisdom I recognized Theein my thought/As the Beginning and theEnd, the Father of good purpose (6).

[Yasna 31.8: Smith, Studies in the Gathas 76-77]

the God of all good purposes,

Other than You, none do I know./Sothrough justice do You protect us! (6).

[Yasna 34.7: Smith, Studies in the Gathas 95]

and the protector of the justice of theuniverse.

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I shall tell you now what is best in thislife./It is to act in consonance with thespirit of truth,/The holy righteousness theWise Lord created—/The Wise Lord, theFather of the toiling good mind,/TheFather of piety, good action and zeal,/TheAll-seeing, Whom none can deceive (6).

[Yasna 45.4: Irani, Divine Songs ofZarathushtra 56, with “the Wise Lord” inplace of the Avestan designation for theD e i t y “ A h u r a M a z d a , ” w i t h“righteousness” in place of the technicalAvestan designation “asha,” and with“piety” in place of the Avestan “armaiti”]

The wise course in life is to act inconsonance with the spirit of truth.



Not to be deceived is the all-seeing Lord(10).

[Yasna 45.4: Moulton, EZ 371, with “Lord”in place of the Avestan designation forDeity “Ahura”]

God is all-seeing,

and he beholds both the evil deeds of thewicked and the good works of therighteous;

Whatsoever open or secret thing/May bevisited with judgment,/Or what man for alittle sin/Demands the heaviestpenalty:—/Of all this Thou through theRight art ware,/Observing them withflashing eye (10).

[Yasna 31.13: Moulton, EZ 353]

our God observes all things with aflashing eye.

We sacrifice unto that God Who is a fullsource of healing (10).

[2 Sirozah 9: SBE 23.16]

His touch is the touch of healing.

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O Wise One! Verily, I will regard Thee/As the All-powerful Benefactor;/ The Lord is an all-powerful benefactor.

For, with Thy cherishing hand Thouofferest help/Both to the righteous as wellas to the wicked (14).

[Yasna 43.4: Irani, Divine Songs ofZarathushtra 47, with “Wise One” in placeof the Avestan designation for the Deity“Mazda”]

God stretches out his beneficent hand toboth the righteous and the wicked.

O Lord! Through Thy wisdom Irecognized Thee as beneficent/When Isaw Thee as primal at the birth of theworld,/

God established the world

When Thou by Thy power didstestablish/Deeds and words provided withreward—/An evil reward for evil, a goodreward for good/At the last turning-pointof the creation (14).

[Yasna 43.5: Smith, Studies in the Gathas 101, with “Lord” in place of the Avestandesignation for the Deity “Ahura”]

and ordained the rewards for good and forevil.



Him Who is called the Wise Lord/Thoushouldst seek to exalt for ever/Withprayers of piety, for that He hathpromised/Through His own right andgood thought/That welfare andimmortality shall be in His dominion,/Strength and perpetuity in His house (22).

[Yasna 45.10: Moulton EZ 372, with “theWise Lord” in place of the Avestandesignation for the Deity “Ahura Mazda”]

The all-wise God has promisedimmortality

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to the pious souls who think purely andact righteously.

26: THOUGHT AND MEDITATION(Hume 132)


As thou dost desire, so shalt thou be(137).

[Yasna 71.16: SBE 31.330]

As you supremely desire, so shall you be.



The deeds which I shall accomplish,/Andthe deeds which were done beforethese,/And the things which through goodpurpose/Have been meritorious in theeye,/The light of the sun, the bright sun-risings:—/All through justice, throughwisdom,/Are for your invocation, O Lord!(22)

[Yasna 50.10: Smith, Studies in the Gathas147, with “Lord” in place of the Avestandesignation for the Deity “Ahura”]

The light of the sun

is as wisdom to those who discern God inthe universe.

Seek the pleasure of the Wise One/Withthought, words and actions/Gladly untoHis praise./

131:5.3 “Praise God by seeking thepleasure of the Wise One.

And seek His worship,/Making straightthe paths/For the religion which the Lordordained (22).

[Yasna 53.2: Moulton, EZ 388, with “theWise One” in place of the Avestandesignation for the Deity “Mazda,” andwith “the Lord” in place of “Ahura”]

Worship the God of light by joyfullywalking in the paths ordained by hisrevealed religion.

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[See 95:6.4.] There is but one Supreme God, the Lordof Lights.



We worship the Wise Lord Who maderighteousness,/The waters, the plants, thestars, the earth,/And all objects that aregood.

We worship him who made the waters,plants, animals, the earth, and theheavens.

Yea, we worship Him for His sovereignpower/And His beneficent greatness./Weworship Him as Lord, the MostBeneficent./We worship Him with ourbones and our flesh.

Our God is Lord, most beneficent.

And we worship the spirits of thesaints,/Of holy men and holy women, andrighteousness the best./We do worship theMost Beauteous, the Bountiful Immortal,/Endowed with light in all things good(26).

[Yasna 37.1, 2, 3, 4: SBE 31.285, 286, with“the Wise Lord” in place of the Avestandesignation for the Deity “Ahura Mazda,”and with “spirits” in place of the technicalterm “Fravashi”]

We worship the most beauteous, thebountiful Immortal, endowed with eternallight.

We worship that lofty Lord, the WiseLord Himself,/Him Who has attained themost,/Him Who has approached thenearest to us (26).

[Yasna 57.4: SBE 31.298, with “the WiseLord” in place of the Avestan designationfor the Deity “Ahura Mazda”]

God is farthest from us and at the sametime nearest to us

in that he dwells within our souls.

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O Wise Lord! We approach first to Thee,Holiest Spirit!/

Our God is the divine and holiest Spirit ofParadise,

Happy is the man to whom Thou comestmightily!/More friendly than the mostfriendly,/More worthy of adoration thanthe most worthy of honor,/

and yet he is more friendly to man thanthe most friendly of all creatures.

Mayest Thou come helpfully to us at thegreatest business! (31)

[Yasna 36.1, 2: Spiegel-Bleeck, Avesta 2.96,where the reference-number for thispassage is Yasna 36.1, 2, 4, 5-6, with “WiseLord” in place of the Avestan designationfor the Deity “Ahura Mazda”; cf. SBE31.284-285]

God is most helpful to us in this greatestof all businesses, the knowing of himself.

O Thou Adorable Righteous Friend,/ God is our most adorable and righteous friend;

O Thou Wisest of all beings for bothworlds,/Be Thou to us our life and ourbodily vigor! (31)

[Yasna 41.3: translated from the Avestanespecially for this Treasure-House byProfessor A. V. Williams Jackson ofColumbia University; cf. SBE 31.290]

he is our wisdom, life, and vigor of souland body.

So long as I have strength and powerthrough the right/I shall be, and shall becalled, Thy praiser, O God!/May theCreator of life bring about,/Through goodthought in accordance with His will,/

Through our good thinking the wiseCreator will enable us to do his will,

The realization of that which is perfect!(31)

[Yasna 50.11: translated from the Avestanespecially for this Treasure-House by Dr.Jal Dastur Curtsetji Pavy, M.A., Ph.D., sonof the High Priest of the Parsis of theBombay Presidency; cf. SBE 31.175;Moulton EZ 384]

thereby attaining the realization of all thatis divinely perfect.

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O Wise Lord, with Thy mouth teachme,—/Who would preserve justice/Andgood purpose for all time,—/To proclaim,in accordance with Thy purpose,/How lifeshall be! (36)

[Yasna 28.11: Smith, Studies in the Gathas65, with “Lord” in place of the Avestandesignation for the Deity “Ahura”]

131:5.4 “Lord, teach us how to live thislife in the flesh

while preparing for the next life of thespirit.

What is Thine ordinance? What willestThou?/Proclaim it, O Wise One, that wemay hear.

Speak to us, Lord, and we will do yourbidding.

O Lord, teach us the paths of goodthought/That are blessed to go in,/A waywell made by Right (36).

[Yasna 34.12, 13: Moulton EZ 363, with “OWise One” in place of the Avestandesignation for the Deity “Mazda,” andwith “Lord” in place of Ahura”]

Teach us the good paths, and we will goright.

Grant that we may reach to union withThyself,/With righteousness forevermore!(36)

[Yasna 41.6: translated from the Avestanespecially for this Treasure-House byProfessor A. V. Williams Jackson ofColumbia University; cf. SBE 31.290]

Grant us that we may attain union withyou.

This I ask Thee, Lord; tell me truly/Thereligion which, in union with right,/Is bestfor all, should prosper all! (36)

[Yasna 44.10: Moulton EZ 368, with“Lord” in place of the Avestan designationfor the Deity “Ahura”]

We know that the religion is right whichleads to union with righteousness.

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Who is there for a protector other thanThyself,/O Wise Lord, Right and BestThought! (36)

[Yasna 50.1: Moulton, EZ 382]

God is our wise nature, best thought, andrighteous act.

9: FAITH AND FAITHFULNESS (Hume 37)


May the Wise Lord out of His rich store/Grant unity with weal and immortality,/With His righteousness and power,/Thefull enjoyment of the good mind/To himwho in word and deed/Is faithful to Him!(41)

[Yasna 31.21: Jackson, Hymn of Zoroaster17, with “the Wise Lord” in place of theAvestan designation for the Deity “AhuraMazda”]

May God grant us unity with the divinespirit and immortality in himself!

The religion of the Wise One cleanses thefaithful/from every evil thought, wordand deed,/as a swift-rushing mighty windcleanses the plain (41).

[Vendidad 3.42: SBE 4.34, with “the WiseOne” in place of the Avestan designationfor the Deity “Mazda”]

131:5.5 “This religion of the Wise Onecleanses the believer from every evilthought and sinful deed.



I bow before the God of heaven inrepentance

O Wise Lord! If I have offended Thee/deliberately or unknowingly/with mythoughts, words or actions,/

if I have offended in thought, word, oract—intentionally or unintentionally—

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if I have been neglectful in my praisesand prayers,/I bow to Thee in repentance(50).

[Yasna 1.21: Modi, MEZB 2, with “WiseLord” in place of the Avestan designationfor the Deity “Ahura Mazda”]

and I offer prayers for mercy and praisefor forgiveness.

If one makes confession of the religion ofthe Wise One/and resolves never tocommit forbidden deeds,/then his sin istaken from him (50).

[Vendidad 3.40: SBE 4.33, with theuniversal designation “one” in place of theparticularistic “he”]

I know when I make confession, if Ipurpose not to do again the evil thing,that sin will be removed from my soul.

The religion of the Wise One takes awaythe bonds of sin/from him who makesconfession of it (50).

[Vendidad 3.41: SBE 4.33, with “WiseOne” in place of the Avestan designationfor the Deity “Mazda”]

I know that forgiveness takes away thebonds of sin.



O ye mortals! Mark these command-ments,/Which the Wise Lord has given/For happiness and for pain:/Longpunishment for the evil-doer,/ Those who do evil shall receive punish-

ment,

Bliss for the follower of truth,/Joy ofsalvation ever afterwards for therighteous! (58)

[Yasna 30.11: Irani, Divine Songs ofZarathushtra 29]

but those who follow truth shall enjoy thebliss of an eternal salvation.

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O Wise Lord! O Thou Most Beneficent ofbeings!/In Thy grace and through Thywill may we be powerful!/

Through grace

Mayest Thou lay hold on us, to help withsalvation! (58)

[Yasna 41.4: SBE 31.290, with “Wise Lord”in place of the Avestan designation for theDeity “Ahura Mazda”]

lay hold upon us and minister savingpower to our souls.

We claim mercy because we aspire toattain perfection; we would be like God.”

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6. SUDUANISM (JAINISM)

131:6.1 The third group of religiousbelievers who preserved the doctrine ofone God in India—the survival of theMelchizedek teaching—were known inthose days as the Suduanists. Latterlythese believers have become known asfollowers of Jainism. They taught:

� 131:6.2 “The Lord of Heaven issupreme.


JAINISM (Hume 71)

Men who commit sins will go to hell./ Those who commit sin will not ascend onhigh,

But those who have walked the road ofrighteousness/will obtain a place inheaven (71).

[Uttara-Dhyayana Sutra 18.25; sim. Sutra-Kritanga Sutra 1.5.1.3: SBE 45.83; sim.SBE 45.279]

but those who walk in the paths ofrighteousness shall find a place in heaven.

I know that there is a life hereafter (71).

[Uttara-Dhyayana Sutra 18.27: SBE 45.84]

We are assured of the life hereafter if weknow truth.

The soul goes to the highest heaven, The soul of man may ascend to thehighest heaven,

and there develops/into its natural form;obtains perfection,/enlightenment,

there to develop its true spiritual nature,to attain perfection.

deliverance and final beatitude;/ The estate of heaven delivers man fromthe bondage of sin and introduces him tothe final beatitudes;

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and puts an end to all misery (71).

[Uttara-Dhyayana Sutra 29.73: SBE45.173, with “heaven” in place of the

technical Prakrit designation “akasha”]

the righteous man has alreadyexperienced an end of sin and all itsassociated miseries.


JAINISM (Hume 80)

Self is the one invincible foe/ Self is man’s invincible foe,

together with the four cardinalpassions:/anger, pride, deceit and greed(80).

[Uttara-Dhyayana Sutra 23.38: SBE45.124]

and self is manifested as man’s fourgreatest passions: anger, pride, deceit, andgreed.


JAINISM (Hume 115)

* Though a man should conquerthousands of valiant foes,/greater will behis victory/if he conquers nobody buthimself (115)

[Uttara-Dhyayana Sutra 9.34; sim. 1.15:SBE 45.38; sim. 45.3]

Man’s greatest victory is the conquest ofhimself.


JAINISM (Hume 127)

By begging forgiveness, one obtainshappiness of mind;/thereby he acquires akind disposition/towards all kinds ofliving beings.

When man looks to God for forgiveness,

and when he makes bold to enjoy suchliberty,

By this kind disposition he obtains purityof character and freedom from fear (127).

[Uttara-Dhyayana Sutra 29.17: SBE45.164-165, with the universal pronoun“one” in place of the particularistic “he”]

he is thereby delivered from fear.

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JAINISM (Hume 223)

A man should wander about treating allcreatures/as he himself would be treated(223).

[Sutra-Kritanga Sutra 1.11.33: SBE 45.314;also Banarsi Das Jain, Ardha-MagadhiReader 141, with the original Prakrit of thistext on page 54]

Man should journey through life treatinghis fellow creatures as he would like to betreated.”

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7. SHINTO

131:7.1 Only recently had themanuscripts of this Far-Eastern religionbeen lodged in the Alexandrian library. Itwas the one world religion of whichGanid had never heard. This belief alsocontained remnants of the earlierMelchizedek teachings as is shown by thefollowing abstracts:


SHINTO (Hume 9)

[Saith the Lord:]/“All enjoy My divinepower./

131:7.2 “Says the Lord: ‘You are allrecipients of my divine power; all menenjoy my ministry of mercy.

I derive strength from the multi-plication/of devout men in the land” (9).

[Oracle of Kashima: Aston, Shinto, TheWay of the Gods 370]

I derive great pleasure in the multi-plication of righteous men throughout theland.

When the sky is clear, and the wind humsin the fir-trees,/

In both the beauties of nature and thevirtues of men

’tis the heart of a God Who thus revealsHimself (9).

[Oracle at a Tajima Shrine: Aston, Shinto,The Way of the Gods 371]

does the Prince of Heaven seek to revealhimself and to show forth his righteousnature.

4: THE DIVINE OMNIPRESENCE(Hume 15)

SHINTO (Hume 17)

[Saith the Lord:]/“Of old the people ofmy country knew not MY name./

Since the olden people did not know myname,

Therefore I was born into the visibleworld,/

I manifested myself by being born intothe world as a visible existence

and endured a base existence. and endured such abasement

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even that man should not forget my name.

“In the highest heaven I am the Deity ofthe Sun./In the mid-sky I show MY

doings./

I am the maker of heaven and earth; thesun and the moon and all the stars obeymy will.

I hide in the great earth and produce allthings./MY power pervades the four seas”(17).

[Oracle of Itsukushima in Aki: Aston,Shinto, The Way of the Gods 372]

I am the ruler of all creatures on land andin the four seas.


SHINTO (Hume 26)

Although I am great and supreme, still Ihave regard for the prayer of the poorestman.

[Saith the Lord:] “If the poorest ofmankind come here once for worship,/

If any creature will worship me,

I will surely grant their hearts’ desire”(26).

[Oracle of Itsukushima in Aki: Aston,Shinto, The Way of the Gods 372]

I will hear his prayer and grant the desireof his heart.’

9: FAITH AND FAITHFULNESS (Hume 37)

SHINTO (Hume 41)

Every little yielding to anxiety/is a stepaway from the natural heart of man (41).

[God of Fujiyama: Aston, Shinto, The Wayof the Gods 371]

131:7.3 “‘Every time man yields toanxiety, he takes one step away from theleading of the spirit of his heart.’

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SHINTO (Hume 102)

Pride obscures God.

If you desire to obtain help, put awaypride./

If you would obtain heavenly help, putaway your pride;

Even a hair of pride shuts you off/as itwere by a great cloud (102).

[Oracle of the Gods of Kasuga: Aston,Shinto, The Way of the Gods 369]

every hair of pride shuts off saving light,as it were, by a great cloud.


SHINTO (Hume 116)

If that which is within is not bright,/it isuseless to pray for that which is without(116).

[Oracle of Tatsuta: Aston, Shinto, The Wayof the Gods 370]

If you are not right on the inside, it isuseless to pray for that which is on theoutside.


SHINTO (Hume 128)

“All ye who come before ME, hoping toattain/the accomplishment of yourdesires,/pray with hearts pure fromfalsehood,/clean within and without,/

‘If I hear your prayers, it is because youcome before me with a clean heart,

free from falsehood and hypocrisy,

reflecting the truth like a mirror” (128).

[Oracle of the Deity Temmantenjin: Aston, Shinto, The Way of the Gods 369]

with a soul which reflects truth like amirror.

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If you would gain immortality,

“Leave the things of this world and cometo ME/daily and monthly with pure bodiesand pure hearts” (128).

[Oracle of the Deity Atago: Aston, Shinto,

The Way of the Gods 369]

forsake the world and come to me.’”

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8. TAOISM

131:8.1 The messengers of Melchi-zedek penetrated far into China, and thedoctrine of one God became a part of theearlier teachings of several Chinesereligions; the one persisting the longestand containing most of the monotheistictruth was Taoism, and Ganid collectedthe following from the teachings of itsfounder:


TAOISM (Hume 6)

How pure and still is the Supreme Being!/ 131:8.2 “How pure and tranquil is theSupreme One

and yet how powerful and mighty,

How deep and unfathomable,/ how deep and unfathomable!

as if the Honored Ancestor of all things!(6)

[Tao Teh King 4.2, 1: SBE 39.49-50, with“Supreme Being” in place of the Chinese

designation “Tao”]

This God of heaven is the honoredancestor of all things.

Knowing the Eternal, means enlighten-ment./

If you know the Eternal, you areenlightened and wise.

Not knowing the Eternal, If you know not the Eternal,

causes passions to arise,/And that is evil(6).

[Tao Teh King 16.3; sim. 55.3: Carus, CRV83; sim. 112]

then does ignorance manifest itself asevil, and thus do the passions of sin arise.

There is a Being wondrous and complete./Before heaven and earth It was./

This wondrous Being existed before theheavens and the earth were.

How calm It is! How spiritual! He is truly spiritual;

Alone It standeth; and It changes not./ he stands alone and changes not.

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Around It moveth; and It sufferethnot./Yet therefore It can be called theWorld’s-Mother (6).

[Tao Teh King 25.1: Carus, CRV 90]

He is indeed the world’s mother,

and all creation moves around him.

It is only the Supreme that excels/inimparting itself to men,/and enablingthem to achieve merit (6).

[Tao Teh King 41.3: Balfour, Taoist Texts27, with “the Supreme” in place of theChinese designation “Tao”]

This Great One imparts himself to menand thereby enables them to excel and tosurvive.

Even if one has but a little knowledge,/hecan walk in the ways of the GreatSupreme (6).

[Tao Teh King 53.1: Goddard, Laotzu’s Tao38, with “Supreme” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”; cf. Carus, CRV 110]

Even if one has but a little knowledge, hecan still walk in the ways of the Supreme;

he can conform to the will of heaven.


TAOISM (Hume 10)

The grandest forms of active force/Comefrom the Supreme, their only source (10).

[Tao Teh King 21.1: SBE 39.64, with “theSupreme” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”]

131:.8.3 “All good works of true servicecome from the Supreme.

All things depend for life on the GreatSupreme; and It rejects them not./

All things depend on the Great Source forlife.

Its task accomplished, It takes no credit(10).

[Tao Teh King 34.1, 2: Giles, SLT 21, with“Supreme” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”; cf. SBE 39.76]

The Great Supreme seeks no credit for hisbestowals.

He is supreme in power,

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The Supreme lies hid and cannot benamed,/

yet he remains hidden from our gaze.

yet It has the power/of transmuting andperfecting all things (10).

[Tao Teh King 41.3: Giles, SLT 22, with“the Supreme” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”; cf. SBE 39.85]

He unceasingly transmutes his attributeswhile perfecting his creatures.

The Heavenly Reason strives not; but It issure to conquer./It speaks not; but It issure to respond./It summons not; but Itcomes of itself./It works patiently; The heavenly Reason is slow and patient

in his designs

but is sure in Its designs (10).

[Tao Teh King 73.3: Carus, CRV 125; cf. SBE 39.116, where the reference-numberfor this passage is Tao Teh King 73.2]

but sure of his accomplishments.

It is the Supreme that overspreads, andsustains, all things./

The Supreme overspreads the universeand sustains it all.

How great is It in Its overflowinginfluence! (10)

[Kwang Tze 12.2: SBE 39.309, with“Supreme” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”]

How great and mighty are his over-flowing influence and drawing power!


TAOISM (Hume 14)

True goodness is like water, in that/itbenefits everything and harms nothing./

True goodness is like water in that itblesses everything and harms nothing.

Like water, it seeks the lowest place thatothers avoid./

And like water, true goodness seeks thelowest places, even those levels whichothers avoid,

It is closely kin to the Supreme (14).

[Tao Teh King 8.1: Goddard, Laotzu’s Tao14, with “Supreme” in place of the Chinese

designation “Tao”; cf. SBE 39.52]

and that is because it is akin to theSupreme.

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The Supreme produces all things. The Supreme creates all things,

Its virtue nourishes them./Its nature givesthem form. Its force perfects them./

in nature nourishing them and in spiritperfecting them.

The Supreme, engendering all things,nourishes, develops,/fosters, perfects,ripens, tends and protects them./

And it is a mystery how the Supremefosters, protects, and perfects the creature

without compelling him.

Production without possession, actionwithout self-assertion,/

He guides and directs, but withoutself-assertion.

development without domination—/this isIts mysterious operation (14).

[Tao Teh King 51.1, 3, 4: Giles, SLT 22, 23,with “the Supreme” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”]

He ministers progression, but withoutdomination.


TAOISM (Hume 87)

The wise man lives in the world;/but helives cautiously, dealing with the worldcautiously./He universalizes his heart;/thepeople give him their eyes and ears (87).

[Tao Teh King 49:3: Goddard, Laotzu’sTao 36]

131:8.4 “The wise man universalizeshis heart.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing(88).

[Kwang Tze 33.4: Giles, Chuang Tzu 445;cf. SBE 40.224]

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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TAOISM (Hume 102)

Those who aspire to greatness, musthumble themselves (103).

[Tao Teh King 61.4: Balfour, Taoist Texts38; cf. SBE 39.105; Parker, China andReligion 293; Studies in Chinese Religion124; Carus, CRV 117, where the reference-number for this passage is 61.5]

Those who aspire to greatness must learnto humble themselves.


TAOISM (Hume 183)

When creation began,/the Supremebecame the world’s mother./

In creation the Supreme became theworld’s mother.

When one knows one’s mother,/he in turnwill know that he is her son./When herecognizes his sonship,/he will in turnkeep to his mother./And to the end of hislife/he will be free from danger (183).

[Tao Teh King 52.1: Goddard, Laotzu’s Tao37, with “the Supreme” in place of theChinese designation “Tao”]

To know one’s mother is to recognizeone’s sonship.

39: JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT (Hume211)

TAOISM (Hume 215)

He is a just man who regards allparts/from the point of view of the whole(215).


He is a wise man who regards all partsfrom the point of view of the whole.

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TAOISM (Hume 223)

* Rejoice at the success of others./Andsympathize with their reverses,/even asthough you were in their place (223).

[Tai-Shang Kan-Ying Pien, characters 196-228: Douglas, CT 259; cf. SBE 40.237;Suzuki and Carus, TSKYP 17, 19, 53;Balfour, Taoist Texts 103; Wieger, MoralTenets and Customs in China 247]

Relate yourself to every man as if youwere in his place.


TAOISM (Hume 229)

Recompense injury with kindness (229).

[Tao Teh King 63.1: SBE 39.106]

Recompense injury with kindness.

44: LOVE (Hume 234)

TAOISM (Hume 244)

There is no difficulty in winning thepeople./Love them; and they will drawnear (244).


If you love people, they will draw nearyou—you will have no difficulty inwinning them.


TAOISM (Hume 18)

The Great Supreme is all-pervading./ 131:8.5 “The Great Supreme is all-pervading;

It may be found on the left hand and onthe right (18).

[Tao Teh King 34.1: SBE 39.76, with“Supreme” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”]

he is on the left hand and on the right;

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The Supreme covers and supports allthings—/so vast is Its extent!/Accordingly, each man should prepare hisheart (18).

[Kwang Tze 12.2: Giles, Chuang Tzu 137,with “the Supreme” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”; cf. SBE 39.309]

he supports all creation

and indwells all true beings.

What you call the Supreme—where isIt?/There is nowhere where It is not (18).

[Kwang Tze 22.6: Giles, Chuang Tzu 285,with “the Supreme” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”; cf. SBE 40.66]

You cannot find the Supreme, neither canyou go to a place where he is not.


TAOISM (Hume 50)

If one have done deeds of wicked-ness,/but afterwards alters his way, andrepents, resolved not to do anythingwicked,/but to practise reverently all thatis good,—/

If a man recognizes the evil of his waysand repents of sin from the heart,

then may he seek forgiveness; he mayescape the penalty;

he is sure in the long run to obtain goodfortune./This is called changing calamityinto blessing (50).

[Tai-Shang Kan-Ying Pien, characters1200-1230: SBE 40.245-246; cf. Suzuki andCarus, TSKYP 45-47, 65-66]

he may change calamity into blessing.


TAOISM (Hume 58)

The Supreme is the Sanctuary where allthings find refuge,/

The Supreme is the secure refuge for allcreation;

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the good man’s priceless Treasure,/theGuardian and Savior of him who is notgood.

he is the guardian and savior of mankind.

It may be sought and found daily,/ If you seek for him daily, you shall findhim.

and can remit the sins of the guilty;/henceIt is the most precious (58).

[Tao Teh King 62.1, 4: Giles, SLT 28, with“the Supreme” in place of the technicalChinese designation “Tao”; cf. Goddard,Laotzu’s Tao 42, 43]

Since he can forgive sins, he is indeedmost precious to all men.


TAOISM (Hume 64)

Verily, God does not reward a man forwhat he does,/but for what he is (64).


Always remember that God does notreward man for what he does but for whathe is;

Extend help, not seeking rewards./Give tomen, not afterwards regretting./Thosewho are thus, are good (64).

[Tai-Shang Kan-Ying Pien, characters 12-19: Douglas, CT 257; cf. Suzuki and Carus,TSKYP 13, 51; also SBE 40.235]

therefore should you extend help to yourfellows without the thought of rewards.

Do good without thought of benefit to theself.

1 5 : F U T U R E L I F E A N DIMMORTALITY (Hume 65)

TAOISM (Hume 73)

To know the Eternal Law, is to beenlightened./

131:8.6 “They who know the laws ofthe Eternal are wise.

Not to know It, is misery and calamity./ Ignorance of the divine law is misery anddisaster.

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He who knows the Eternal Law, isliberal-minded./

They who know the laws of God areliberal minded.

Possessed of the Eternal, he endures forever./Though his body perish, yet hesuffers no harm (73).

[Tao Teh King 16.2: Giles, SLT 24, with“the Eternal” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”; cf. SBE 39.59, 60]

If you know the Eternal, even thoughyour body perish,

your soul shall survive in spirit service.

To recognize one’s insignificance, iscalled enlightenment./To keep one’ssympathy, is called strength./

You are truly wise when you recognizeyour insignificance.

He who uses the Eternal’s light/returns tothe Eternal’s enlightenment,/and does notsurrender his person to perdition./This iscalled “practising the Eternal” (73).

[Tao Teh King 16.2: Giles, SLT 24, with“the Eternal” in place of the Chinesedesignation “Tao”; cf. SBE 39.59, 60]

If you abide in the light of the Eternal,you shall enjoy the enlightenment of theSupreme.

Those who dedicate their persons to theservice of the Supreme are joyous in thispursuit of the Eternal.

When man dies,

* The bow-sheath is slipped off; theclothes-bag is dropped;/and in the con-fusion the soul wings its flight on thegreat journey home (73).


the spirit begins to wing its long flight onthe great home journey.”

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9. CONFUCIANISM

131:9.1 Even the least God-recognizingof the world’s great religionsacknowledged the monotheism of theMelchizedek missionaries and theirpersistent successors. Ganid’s summaryof Confucianism was:



What Heaven appoints, is without error(3).

[Shu King 4.3.2: SBE 3.90; cf. Legge, CCT3.1.188]

131:9.2 “What Heaven appoints iswithout error.

Truth is real and divine.

All things originate from Heaven (3).

[Li Ki 9.2.8: SBE 27.430]

Everything originates in Heaven,

Great Heaven makes no mistakes./If yougo on to deteriorate in your virtue,/Youwill bring the people to great distress (3).

[Shi King 3.3.3.12.8-10: Legge, CCT4.2.518]

and the Great Heaven makes no mistakes.



Heaven, to protect the inferior people,/made for them rulers, and/made for theminstructors,/that they might be able to beaiding to God,/and secure the tranquillityof/the four quarters of the empire (7).

[Shu King 5.1.1.7: Legge, CCT 3.2.286; cf.SBE 3.126]

Heaven has appointed many subordinatesto assist in the instruction and uplifting ofthe inferior creatures.

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Great, great is God, Who ruleth manbelow!/

Great, very great, is the One God whorules man from on high.

Awful is He in judgment, when the manyvicious grow! (7)

[Shi King 3.3.1.1.1-4: Jennings, Shi King313]

God is majestic in power and awful injudgment.



The great God has conferred a moralsense/even on the inferior people (11).

[Shu King 4.3.2: SBE 3.89-90; also Legge,

CCT 3.2.184-185]

But this Great God has conferred a moralsense even on many inferior people.

Heaven’s bounty never halteth (11).

[Shi King 4.1.3.9.3: Jennings, Shi King 364,where the reference-number for thispassage is Shi King 4.3.9.3; cf. Legge, CCT4.2.607; Legge, She King 371; Allen, BCP487; SBE 3.335]

Heaven’s bounty never stops.

Benevolence is the most honorabledignity/conferred by Heaven,/and thequiet home in which men should dwell(11).

[Mencius 2.1.7.2: Legge, Mencius 55]

Benevolence is Heaven’s choicest gift tomen.

There is a nobility of Heaven, and anobility of man./

Heaven has bestowed its nobility uponthe soul of man;

Benevolence, righteousness, self-consecration, fidelity,/with unwearied joyin these virtues:—/these constitute thenobility of Heaven./The men of antiquitycultivated their nobility of Heaven;/andthe nobility of man came to them in itstrain (11).

[Mencius 6.1.16. 1-2: Legge, Mencius 161]

the virtues of man are the fruit of thisendowment of Heaven’s nobility.

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Great Heaven is intelligent, clear-seeing,/And is with you in all your goings(15).

[Shi King 3.2.10.8.5, 6, 7: Legge CCT 4.2.503]

The Great Heaven is all-discerning andgoes with man in all his doings.



O far great Heaven! We call Thee/OurFather and our Mother! (19)

[Shi King 2.5.4.1.1-2: Jennings, Shi King 227; cf. Legge, CCT 4.2.340]

And we do well when we call the GreatHeaven our Father and our Mother.



If we are thus servants of our divineancestors,

Sedulously cultivate the virtue ofreverence./When he is all-devoted to thisvirtue,/he may pray to Heaven (23).

[Shu King 5.12.2: SBE 3.187; also Legge,CCT 3.2.431]

then may we in confidence pray toHeaven.



In everything stand in awe of the majestyof Heaven (27).

[Shu King 5.27.5: SBE 3.262]

At all times and in everything let us standin awe of the majesty of Heaven.

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O God, the Most High and SovereignPotentate,/

We acknowledge, O God, the Most Highand sovereign Potentate,

Judgment rests in Thine heart! (27)

[Analects 20.3: Jennings, ConfucianAnalects 215]

that judgment rests with you, and that allmercy proceeds from the divine heart.



God is with you! Have no doubts in yourheart! (32)

[Shi King 3.1.2.7.5, 6: Legge, CCT 4.2.436]

131:9.3 “God is with us; therefore wehave no fear in our hearts.

Heaven produced the virtue that is in me(32).

[Analects 7.22: Legge, Confucius 40]

If there be found any virtue in me, it is themanifestation of Heaven who abides withme.



Heaven makes hard demands on faith(38).

[Shi King 3.1.2.1.3: Jennings, Shi King 279]

But this Heaven within me often makeshard demands on my faith.

God is with you. Have no doubts in yourheart (38).

[Shi King 3.1.2.7.5-6: Legge, CCT 4.2.436]

If God is with me, I have determined tohave no doubt in my heart.

Good faith is near to the truth of things(38).

[Li Ki 29.21: SBE 28.336]

Faith must be very near the truth ofthings,

A man who is without good faith—/I donot know how he is to get on (38).

[Analects 2.22: Soothill, Analects ofConfucius 175]

and I do not see how a man can livewithout this good faith.

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Good and evil do not wrongly befallmen./

Good and evil do not befall men withoutcause.

But Heaven sends down misery orhappiness/according to their conduct (43).

[Shu King 4.6.2: SBE 3. 101]

Heaven deals with man’s soul inaccordance with its purpose.



When in the wrong, do not hesitate toamend (47).

[Analects 9.24; also 1.8.4: Soothill, Analectsof Confucius 453, also 131]

When you find yourself in the wrong, donot hesitate to confess your error and bequick to make amends.



A wise and good man is occupied insearch for truth,/not in seeking for a mereliving./A wise man should be solicitousabout truth,/not anxious about poverty(84).

[Analects 15.31: Ku Hung-Ming, DSC 140;cf. Legge, Confucius 87; Jennings,Confucian Analects 177]

131:9.4 “A wise man is occupied withthe search for truth, not in seeking for amere living.

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Perfection of nature is characteristic ofHeaven./To attain to that perfection,belongs to man./He who attains toperfection, is he who chooses what isgood,/and firmly holds it fast (91).

[Li Ki 28.2.19; sim. Doctrine of the Mean20.18: SBE 28.317, 318; sim. Legge,Confucius 137]

To attain the perfection of Heaven is thegoal of man.



Superior men give themselves to self-adjustment (111).

[Li Ki 4.4.2.13: SBE 27.304]

The superior man is given to self-adjustment,

The superior man has neither anxiety norfear./When internal examinationdiscovers nothing wrong,/what is there tobe anxious about?/what is there to fear?(112)

[Analects 12.4.1, 3: Legge, Confucius 63]

and he is free from anxiety and fear.



God is with you. Have no doubts in yourheart (180).

[Shi King 3.1.2.7.5-6: Legge, CCT 4.2.436;cf. SBE 3.382, where the reference-numberfor this passage is Shi King, Major Odes1.2.7.3, 4, 5]

God is with you; have no doubt in yourheart.

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36: WORK AND DEEDS (Hume 190)


Every good deed has its recompense(192).

[Shi King 3.3.2.6: Legge CCT 4.2.514; alsoSBE 3.415, where the reference-number forthis passage is Shi King, Major Odes 3.2.6]

Every good deed has its recompense.

38: GIVING AND HELPING (Hume205)


The superior man does not murmuragainst Heaven,/nor grudge against men(207).

[Mencius 2.2.13.1: Legge, Mencius 69]

The superior man murmurs not againstHeaven nor holds a grudge against men.



When one cultivates to the utmost/theprinciples of his nature,/and exercisesthem on the principle of reciprocity,/he isnot far from the path./What you do notlike when done to yourself,/do not do toothers (221).

[Doctrine of the Mean 13.3; also Li Ki28.1.32: Legge, Confucius 128; also SBE28.305]

What you do not like when done toyourself, do not to others.

14: REWARDS AND PUNISHMENT(Hume 59)


Let compassion rule in punishment (61).

[Shu King 2.1.3: SBE 3.41]

Let compassion be a part of allpunishment;

Make punishment a blessing (61).

[Shu King 5.27.5: SBE 3.260]

in every way endeavor to makepunishment a blessing.

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Such is the way of Great Heaven.

1 5 : F U T U R E L I F E A N DIMMORTALITY (Hume 65)


All the living must die/and, dying, returnto the ground./The bones and the fleshmoulder below/and, hidden away, becomethe earth of the fields.

While all creatures must die and return tothe earth,

But the spirit issues forth,/and isdisplayed on high/

the spirit of the noble man goes forth tobe displayed on high

in a condition of glorious brightness (66).

[Li Ki 21.2.1: SBE 28.220]

and to ascend to the glorious light of finalbrightness.”

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10. “OUR RELIGION”

131:10.1 After the arduous labor ofeffecting this compilation of the teachingsof the world religions concerning theParadise Father, Ganid set himself to thetask of formulating what he deemed to bea summary of the belief he had arrived atregarding God as a result of Jesus’teaching. This young man was in thehabit of referring to such beliefs as “ourreligion.” This was his record:


CHRISTIANITY (Hume 3)

The Lord our God is One Lord. 131:10.2 “The Lord our God is oneLord,

And thou shalt love the Lord thyGod/with all thy heart and with all thysoul/and with all thy mind and with allthy strength./This is the firstcommandment.

and you should love him with all yourmind and heart

And the second is like, namely this:/Thoushalt love thy neighbor as thyself./Thereis none other commandment greater thanthese (3).

[Mark 12.29, 30-31; sim. Matthew 22.37-40; Luke 10.27]

while you do your very best to love all hischildren as you love yourself.

There is but One God, the Father,/ofWhom are all things, and we in Him (3).

[1 Corinthians 8.6; sim. Ephesians 4.6]

This one God is our heavenly Father, inwhom all things consist,

and who dwells, by his spirit, in everysincere human soul.

And we who are the children of Godshould learn how to

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Let them who suffer according to the willof God/commit the keeping of their soulsto Him in well-doing/as unto a faithfulCreator (3).

[1 Peter 4.19]

commit the keeping of our souls to him asto a faithful Creator.



With God all things are possible (7).

[Matthew 19.26; also Mark 10.27]

With our heavenly Father all things arepossible.

Since he is the Creator, having made allthings and all beings, it could not beotherwise.

Since the world was created, God himselfhas made plain/His invisible nature,everlasting power and divine being (7).

[Romans 1.19, 29: Moffatt, Holy Bible, ANew Translation]

Though we cannot see God, we can knowhim.

And by daily living the will of the Fatherin heaven, we can reveal him to ourfellow men.

O the depth of the riches/both of thewisdom and the knowledge of God!/

131:10.3 “The divine riches of God’scharacter must be infinitely deep andeternally wise.

We cannot search out God by knowledge,but we can know him in our hearts bypersonal experience.

How unsearchable are His judgments,/andHis ways past finding out! (7)

[Romans 11.33]

While his justice may be past finding out,

his mercy may be received by thehumblest being on earth.

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[God fills all places and lives in the heart of

the man who fears his holy name (131:1.5).]

While the Father fills the universe, healso lives in our hearts.

The mind of man is human, mortal, butthe spirit of man is divine, immortal.

The Lord omnipotent reigneth (7).

[Revelation 19.6]

God is not only all-powerful but alsoall-wise.



If you, evil as you are, know how to give/good gifts to your children—/

If our earth parents, being of eviltendency, know how to love their childrenand bestow good gifts on them,

how much more will your HeavenlyFather give/good gifts to those who askHim! (11)

[Matthew 7.11: Montgomery, CTNT 18]

how much more must the good Father inheaven know how wisely to love hischildren on earth and to bestow suitableblessings upon them.

It is not the will of your Father inheaven/that one of these little ones shouldperish (11).

[Matthew 18.14: Ballantine, RNT 33; alsoWeymouth, MSNT 48]

131:10.4 “The Father in heaven will notsuffer a single child on earth to perish

if that child has a desire to find the Fatherand truly longs to be like him.

He is kind even to the ungrateful and tothe wicked (11).

[Luke 6.35: Montgomery, CTNT 170]

Our Father even loves the wicked and isalways kind to the ungrateful.

Despisest thou the riches of Hisgoodness/and forbearance and long-suffering,/not knowing that the goodnessof God/

If more human beings could only knowabout the goodness of God,

leadeth thee to repentance? (11)

[Romans 2.4]

they would certainly be led to repent oftheir evil ways and forsake all known sin.

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Every good gift and every perfect gift isfrom above,/and cometh down from theFather of lights,/

All good things come down from theFather of light,

with Whom is no variableness/neithershadow of turning (11).

[James 5.11: Goodspeed, NTAT 431]

in whom there is no variableness neithershadow of changing.



Behold, the kingdom of God is within you(15).

[Luke 17.21]

The spirit of the true God is in man’sheart.

God, Who made the world and all thingstherein,/giveth to all, life and breath andall things;/and hath made of one blood allnations of men/for to dwell on all the faceof the earth;/

He intends that all men should bebrothers.

that they should seek the Lord,/if haplythey might feel after Him, and findHim,/though He be not far from every oneof us;/for, in Him we live, and move, andhave our being (15).

[Acts 17.24, 25, 26, 27, 28]

When men begin to feel after God, that isevidence that God has found them,

and that they are in quest of knowledgeabout him.

We know that we dwell in Him and He inus/because He hath given us of His spirit(15).

[1 John 4.13]

We live in God and God dwells in us.

131:10.5 “I will no longer be satisfiedto believe that God is the Father of all mypeople; I will henceforth believe that he isalso my Father.

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Always will I try to

* The true worshippers shall worship theFather/in spirit and in truth;/for, theFather seeketh such to worship Him (23).

[John 4.23, 24]

worship God with the help of the Spirit ofTruth,

which is my helper when I have becomereally God-knowing.

But first of all I am going to practiceworshiping God by learning how to

If any man be a worshipper of God, anddoeth His will—/him He heareth (23).

[John 9.31]

do the will of God on earth;

[See 147:4.9.] that is, I am going to do my best to treateach of my fellow mortals just as I thinkGod would like to have him treated.

And when we live this sort of a life in theflesh,

Ask, and ye shall receive, we may ask many things of God, and hewill give us the desire of our hearts thatwe may be the better prepared to serveour fellows.

that your joy may be full (23).

[John 16.24]

And all of this loving service of thechildren of God enlarges our capacity toreceive and experience the joys ofheaven,

the high pleasures of the ministry of thespirit of heaven.

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131:10.6 “I will every day

Thanks be unto God for His unspeakablegift! (27)

[2 Corinthians 9.15]

thank God for his unspeakable gifts;

I will praise him for

Great and wonderful are thy works, his wonderful works to the children ofmen.

To me he is

O Lord God Almighty!/Just and true areThy ways, O King of the nations! (27).

[Revelation 15.3: Westminster Version ofthe Sacred Scriptures NT 4.188]

the Almighty, the Creator, the Power, andthe Mercy,

but best of all, he is my spirit Father, andas his earth child I am sometime goingforth to see him. And my tutor has saidthat by searching for him I shall becomelike him.



Being justified by faith, we have peacewith God (37).

[Romans 5.1]

By faith in God I have attained peacewith him.

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This new religion of ours is

I am filled with comfort./I am exceedingjoyful in all our tribulation (162).

[2 Corinthians 7.4]

very full of joy,

Behold, we count them happy who endure(162).

[James 5.11]

and it generates an enduring happiness.



I am confident that I shall

[Saith the Lord:] “Be thou faithful untodeath;/

be faithful even to death,

and that I will surely receive

and I will give thee a crown of life” (38).

[Revelation 2.10]

the crown of eternal life.



131:10.7 “I am learning to

Prove all things; hold fast that which isgood./Abstain from all appearance of evil(43).

[1 Thessalonians 5.21-22]

prove all things and adhere to that whichis good.

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All things whatsoever ye would that menshould do to you,/do ye even so to them;/for, this is the law and the prophets (221).

[Matthew 7.12]

Whatsoever I would that men should doto me, that I will do to my fellows.

By this new faith I know that man maybecome the son of God, but it sometimesterrifies me when I stop to think that allmen are my brothers, but it must be true.I do not see how I can rejoice in thefatherhood of God while I refuse toaccept the brotherhood of man.



Whosoever shall call on the name of theLord, shall be saved (54).

[Acts 2.21, sim. Romans 10.13; Judaism andChristianity, Joel 2.32]

Whosoever calls upon the name of theLord shall be saved.

If that is true, then all men must be mybrothers.



Be careful not to do your good deeds inthe sight of men/in order to be observedby them./If you do, you have noreward/with your Heavenly Father./YourFather, Who sees in secret, will rewardyou openly (59).

[Matthew 6:1, 4: Montgomery, CTNT 14,15]

131:10..8 “Henceforth will I do mygood deeds in secret;

[See Matt. 6:6.] I will also pray most when by myself.

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Judge not, that ye may not be judged;/for,with what judgment ye judge, ye shall bejudged;/and with what measure yemeasure/it shall be measured unto you(60).

[Matthew 7.1-2: Westminster Version of theSacred Scriptures, NT 1.28]

I will judge not that I may not be unfair tomy fellows.



* Love your enemies. Do good to themwho hate you./Bless them who curseyou./And pray for them who despitefullyuse you (225)

[Luke 6.23, 28, 32-36; sim. Matthew 5.44-48]

I am going to learn to love my enemies;

I have not truly mastered this practice ofbeing Godlike.

Though I see God in these other religions,I find him in ‘our religion’ as being morebeautiful, loving, merciful, personal, andpositive. But most of all, this great andglorious Being is my spiritual Father; Iam his child. And by no other means thanmy honest desire to be like him, I ameventually to find him and eternally toserve him. At last I have a religion with aGod, a marvelous God, and he is a God ofeternal salvation.”

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