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 V. Present Duties.

. 1. When Tenryu no Gazan was just five years old he entered the Roku-In Temple, and became a pupil of the priest Gidō. "Where is your home?" asked Gidō of the lad on first meeting him. "I have forgotten, Sir," was the reply, and the old priest laughed for sheer joy at the sage answer be received. The rest of the company failed to understand why Gidō should laugh, and yet, in truth, all, had they known it, had reason to laugh with joy at the sageness of the lad's reply. 2. I think we may say that one of the principal reasons why we cannot be contented with our lot, and spend our days free from anxiety, is that we cannot forget our home. For instance, a man leaves home on a journey,