Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-04-02

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sonsn,sble. unspeakable, supreme,
lHI Ba,.sT which builds, unbuilds. and builds
,sIi things accordant to the rule
hal ie,se which Is beauty, truth, and use.
VIZ W. sr things do well which serve the
n, mich hinder; nay. the worm does well
-,;ant 10 its kind; the hawk does well
" - carries bleeding quarries to its young:
| y. Sevrdrop and the star shine sisterly
ne together in the common work;
gi IN who lives to die, dies 70 live well
he guide his ways by blamelessness
! a :, will 20 hinder not but help
an ~ ,binrs both great and small which suffer
life.
Bnt when the fourth watch came the secret
=. sorrow. which with evil mars the law,
a. damp and dross hold back the ls'ldsmith's
fire.
~ 55s n the mobile Truths" how Sorrow is
lts5o,y 10 life, moving where life doth moves
81 "a be laid aside until one lays
| -, aside with all its changing states,
5i,,b growth, decay, love, hatred. pleasure.
D.i,g and doing. How that none strips off
Te.e sad delights and pleasant griefs who
lacks
r,orIedge to know them snares; but he who
knows
/ Embellishments those snares,
1ores life no longer but ensues escape.
-sseves of such a one are wide. he sees
nslnsion breeds Sankhara, Tendency
psrverse: Tendency Energy
whereby comes Namarupa, local form
/ IA name and bodiment, bring the man
WIN senses naked TO the sensible,
abelnless mirror of all shows which pass
ems his heart; and so Vedana grows
ssense-lifer- false in its gladness fell in sad
ness
put sad or glad, the Mother of Desire,
Trishna. that thirst which makes the living
drink
n.eoer ana deeper of the false salt waves
Wbereon they float, pleasures, ambitions,
wealth,
Praise fame, or domination, conquest, love;
Ricb meats and robes, and fair abodes, and
pride
Naneiont lines, and lust of days, and strife
IA live and sins that flow from strife, some
sweet
Some bitter. Thus Lifes thirst quenches itself
With draughts which double thirst, but who Is
wise
Tears from his soul this Trishna, feeds his sense
Noloneer on false shows. files his firm mind
meek
Aulls which flow from foregone wrongfulness,
And so cOnstraining passions that they die
4 Punished: till all the sum of ended life
The Kdrma-all that total of a soul
Which is the things il did, the thoughts 1t had.
Tbe"selfr it wove-with wool Of viewless time,
Crossed on the warp invisible OF acts
The outcome of him on the Universe,
Grows pure and sinless; either never more
Needing to find body and place,
OrDinforming what fresh fame II takes
hnew existence that the new tolls prove
Lighter and lighter not TO be ut ALL
Thus finishing the PATH" free from Earth's
cheats;
Released from all the skandhas of the flesh;
Boken from ties-from Upadanas saved
From whirling on the wheel; aroused and sane
Asis man wakened from hateful dreams.
Indlgreater than Kings, than Gods more
glad
Theuching craze to live ends, and life glides-
llieless-to nameless quiet, nameless joy,
Blessed NIRvANA-sinless, stirless rest
That change which never changesl
Extracts from Buddha's sermon before the
king.l
Before beginning, and without an end,
As space eternal and as surety sure,
kazed Power divine which moves TO good.
Only its laws endure.
ltslayeth and it saveth, nowise moved
Except unto the working out of doom;
It's threads are Love and Life; and Death and
Pain
The shuttles Of its loom.
limakcth and unmaketh. mending all;
What it hath wrought is better than hath
been;
s7u- ,,y,,,s o., {5 ,,,.+ ON, tb.t IL ,,iana
It's wistful hands between.
This is It's work upon the things We see,
The unseen things are more; mems hearts
and minds,
The thoughts Of peoples and their ways and
wills,
Those, too, the great Law binds.
Unseen it helpeth We with faithful hands,
lnheard It speaketh stronger than the storm.
Hly and Love are mans because long stress
Nodded blind mass TO form.
twill not be condemned Of any one;
Nhothwarts it loses, and who serves it gains;
Inc hidden good it pays with peace and bliss,
The hidden III with pains.
tseeth everywhere and marketh all:
Do risht-it recompenseth. do one wrong
me equal retribution must be made,
though DHARMA larry long.
Il knows not wrath nor pardon; utter true
It's measures mete. its faultless balance
weighs;
lines are as nought, tomorrow it viii judge,
Orafter many days.
bythis the sayer's knife did stab himself;
Inc unjust Judge hath lost his own defenders;
he false tongue dooms its lie; the creeping
thief
And sngiler rob 20 ,av,lor
e9ch Is the Law which moves TO righteousness,
r. aich noae at last can turn aside or stay;
ne hear; Of it is Love, the end of it
Is Peace and Contamination sweet. obeyl
lae Books say well, my Brothers. each mans
life
The outcome Of his former living is;
ne oygone wrongs bring forth sorrows and
woes.
me bygone right breeds bliss.
mat which We sow We reap. See yonder fieldsl
M me sesamun was sesamum. the corn
"as corn. The silence and the darkness knewl
% mans fate born.
ns eometh, reaper of the things he sowed,
essamurn, corn. so much cast in past birth;
A4 II % much weed and poison stuff, which mar
MN and the aching earth.
Il he shall labor rightly, roofing these.
ana planting wholesome seedlings where they
grew,
'tlliul and fair and clean the ground shall be,