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 Rh nothingness, nor perception, nor non-perception; neither this world, nor that world, neither sun nor moon. It is the Uncreate. It is the Eternal, which never originates, and never passes away. There is the end of sorrow.

Not by hatred is hatred appeased. Hatred is appeased by non-hatred. This is the eternal law.

Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.

Truly, the body is full of impurity, and its end is the grave; it is mortal, and destined to be dissolved into the elements. But being the receptacle of karma, it lies in our power to make it a vessel of truth, and not cf evil.

The lamp that is not cleansed and not filled with oil will be extinguished; and a body that is unkempt, unwashed, and weakened by penance will not be a fit receptacle for the light of truth.

Our mind shall not waver. No evil speech will we utter. Tender and compassionate will we abide, loving in heart, void of malice within. And we will be ever suffusing such a one with the rays of our loving thought. And with that feeling as a foundation we will ever be suffusing the whole wide world with thought of love far-reaching, grown great, beyond measure, void of anger or ill-will.

All the means that can be used as helps for doing right are not worth the sixteenth part of the emancipation of the heart through love. That takes all others up into itself, outshining them in radiance and glory. Just as whatever