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 sword now in our own hands. "It cutteth all the dark places of ignorance." "It cutteth off all the branches of suffering." The glory of this sword we spread through all the word: else shall we remain in the house that burneth for ever. 17. "The three worlds," said the Tathāgata of himself, "are all mine own, and all the men that are therein are my sons." Now He stands at the gate of the burning house, and calls to us: "Come ye out quickly."

"I alone will make salvation," saith He, and for our sakes hath He given us this One Vehicle of Salvation—the Blessed Name,—and hath delivered us from the Burning House. Let us not delay to follow this teaching and order ourselves in accordance with the meaning of the Sacred Name. Let us mount "the Vehicle of Grateful Trust," which may speedily bring us to that most blessed thing of all, the "Vehicle of the Law Observed."