166. "Let no one neglect his own duty for the sake of another's, however great: let a man, after he has discerned his own duty, be always attentive to his duty." The following might have served as the original of the epistles of John:-- 167. "Do not follow the evil law! Do not live on in thoughtlessness! Do not follow false doctrine! Be not a friend of the world." 168. 9. "Rouse thyself! do not be idle, follow the law of virtue--do not follow that of sin. The virtuous lives happily in this world and in the next." 170, 1, 2, 3, & 4. "Look upon the world as a bubble; the foolish are immersed in it, but the wise do not cling to it. He who formerly was reckless, and afterwards became sober, and he whose evil deeds are covered by good deeds, brighten up this world like the moon when freed from clouds." 174. "This world is dark--few only can be here; a few only go to heaven like birds escaped from the net." A statement repeated by Jesus in different words,--"Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" (Matt. vii. 14). There may likewise be a comparison instituted between the following:-- 176. "If a man has transgressed one law, and speaks lies and scoffs at another world, there is no evil he will not do." "Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all" (Jas. ii. 10). I quote this and the next saying to corroborate the assertion that Buddha taught the existence of a future world:-- 177. "The uncharitable do not go to the world of the gods; fools only do not praise liberality; a wise man rejoices in liberality, and through it becomes blessed in the other world." Compare 1 Tim. vi. 17, 18,19, "Charge them that are rich in this world.... that they be--ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life." See again (306), "He who says what is not, goes to hell; he also who, having done a thing, says I have not done it. After death both are equal, they are men with evil deeds in the next world." 309. "Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbour's wife--a bad reputation, an uncomfortable bed--thirdly, punishment, and, lastly, hell." 310. "There is bad reputation, and the evil way (to hell)." 311. "As a grass blade if badly grasped cuts the arm, badly practised asceticism leads to hell." 178. "Better than sovereignty over the earth, better than going to heaven, better than lordship over all worlds, is the reward of the first step in holiness." "What is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" or, "What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matt, xvi. 26). It would be difficult to find any doctrine enunciated in the Bible more simple than the following:-- 183. "Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of the Awakened."