adultery, and tell lies, and incite others to follow their example, is it not so?’ And they answered, ‘It is as the Lord says.’  And he continued, ’Covetousness, passion, ignorance, the destruction of life, theft, adultery, and lying, are these good or bad, right or wrong?  Do wise men praise or blame them?  Are they not unprofitable, and causes of sorrow?’ And they replied, ‘It is as the Lord has spoken.’  And the Lord said, ’For this I said to you, do not believe merely because you have heard, but when of your own consciousness you know a thing to be evil, abstain from it.’  And then the Lord taught of that which is good, saying, ’If any of you know of yourselves that anything is good and not evil, praised by wise men, advantageous, and productive of happiness, then act abundantly according to your belief.  Now I ask you, Alopho, absence of covetousness, Athoso, absence of passion, Amoho, absence of folly, are these profitable or not?’ And they answered, ‘Profitable.’  The Lord continued, ’Men who are not covetous, or passionate, or foolish, will not destroy life, nor steal, nor commit adultery, nor tell lies; is it not so?’ And they answered, ‘It is as the Lord says.’  Then the Lord asked, ’Is freedom from covetousness, passion, and folly, from destruction of life, theft, adultery, and lying, good or bad, right or wrong, praised or blamed by wise men, profitable, and tending to happiness or not?’ And they replied, ’It is good, right, praised by the wise, profitable, and tending to happiness.’  And the Lord said, ’For this I taught you, not to believe merely because you have heard, but when you believed of your own consciousness, then to act accordingly and abundantly’” (pp. 35-38).  In this wise fashion did Buddha found his morality, basing it on utility, the true measure of right and wrong.  Buddhism has its Five Commandments, certainly equal in value to the Ten Commandments of Jews and Christians:—­

“First.  Thou shall abstain from destroying or causing the destruction of any living thing.

“Second.  Thou shalt abstain from acquiring or keeping, by fraud or violence, the property of another.

“Third.  Thou shalt abstain from those who are not proper objects for thy lust.

“Fourth.  Thou shalt abstain from deceiving others either by word or deed.

“Fifth.  Thou shalt abstain from intoxication” (Ibid, p. 57).

From Dr. Muir’s translations of “religious and moral sentiments,” already quoted from, we might fill page after page with purest morality.  “Let a man be virtuous even while yet a youth; for life is transitory.  If duty is performed, a good name will be obtained, as well as happiness, here and after death” ("Mahabharata,” xii., 6538, p. 22).  “Deluded by avarice, anger, fear, a man does not understand himself.  He plumes himself upon his high birth, contemning those who are not well-born; and overcome by the pride of wealth, he reviles the poor.  He calls others fools, and