"'The abstaining from sins and the avoiding them, the eschewing of intoxicating drink, diligence in good deeds, reverence and humility, contentment and gratefulness, this is the greatest blessing.' "'Those who having done these things, become invincible on all sides, attain happiness on all sides. This is the greatest blessing.' "'He who lives a hundred years, vicious and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is virtuous and reflecting.' "'Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, it will not come near unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled; the fool becomes full of evil if he gathers it little by little.' "'Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of the Awakened.' (This is one of the most solemn verses among the Buddhists). "'Let us live happily then, not hating those who hate us! Let us dwell free from hatred among men who hate!' "After these doctrines there follow ten commandments, of which the first five apply to all people, and the rest chiefly to such as set themselves apart for a religious life. They are: not to kill; not to steal; not to commit adultery; not to lie; not to get drunk; to abstain from late meals; from public amusements; from expensive dress; from large beds; and to accept neither gold nor silver." * Keep in mind that Buddha lived more than 500 years _before_ Christ. "The success of Buddhism was in this: It was a protest against the powers of the priests; _it to a large degree broke down caste by declaring that all men are equal_, and by allowing any one desiring to live a holy life to become a priest. _It abolished sacrifices_; made it the _duty of all men to honor their parents and care for their children_, to be kind to the sick and poor and sorrowing, and to forgive their enemies and return good for evil; it spread a spirit of charity abroad which encompassed the lowest life as well as the highest." ** * Clodd. ** Ibid. With these before him will a Christian suppose that morals are dependent upon our Bible? Of Confucianism, believed by millions to be essential to their salvation, and one of the three state religions of China, Clodd says: "On the soil of this great country there is crowded nearly half the human race, the most orderly people on the globe. This man (Confucius), who was reviled in life, but whose influence sways the hundreds of millions of China, was born 551 years before Christ. His nature was so beautifully simple and sincere that _he would not pretend to knowledge of that which he felt was beyond human reach and thought_." What an earthquake there would be if our clergymen where only to become inoculated with that sort of simple sincerity I His disciples and followers did that for him as has been done in most other cases.