XIII The obstacles to the attainment of good karma may be removed by the observance of the following precepts, which are embraced in the moral code of Buddhism, _viz._: (1) Kill not; (2) Steal not; (3) Indulge in no forbidden sexual pleasure; (4) Lie not; (5) Take no intoxication or stupefying drug or liquor. Five other precepts which need not be here enumerated should be observed by those who would attain, more quickly than the average layman, the release from misery and rebirth. XIV Buddhism discourages superstitious credulity. Gautama Buddha taught it to be the duty of a parent to have his child educated in science and literature. He also taught that no one should believe what is spoken by any sage, written in any book, or affirmed by tradition, unless it accord with reason. Drafted as a common platform upon which all Buddhists can agree. H. S. OLCOTT, P.T.S. Respectfully submitted for the approval of the High Priests of the nations which we severally represent, in the Buddhist Conference held at Adyar, Madras, on the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of January, 1891 (A.B. 2434). Japan . . . . . ( Kozen Gunaratana ( Chiezo Tokuzawa Burmah . . . . . U. Hmoay Tha Aung Ceylon . . . . . Dhammapala Hevavitarana. The Maghs of Chittagong . . . Krshna Chandra Chowdry, by his appointed Proxy, Maung Tha Dwe. BURMAH Approved on behalf of the Buddhists of Burmah, this 3rd day of February, 1891 (A. B. 2434): Tha-tha-na-baing Saydawgyi; Aung Myi Shwebōn Sayadaw; Me-ga-waddy Sayadaw; Hmat-Khaya Sayadaw; Hti-lin Sayadaw; Myadaung Sayadaw; Hla-Htwe Sayadaw; and sixteen others. CEYLON Approved on behalf of the Buddhists of Ceylon this 25th day of February, 1891 (A.B. 2434); Mahannwara upawsatha puspārāma vihārādhipati Hippola Dhamma Rakkhita Sobhitābhidhāna Mahā Nāyaka Sthavirayan wahanse wamha. (Hippola Dhamma Rakkhita Sabhitābhidhana, High Priest of the Malwatta Vihare at Kandy). (Sd.) HIPPOLA. Mahanuwara Asgiri vihārādhipati Yatawattē Chandajottyābhidhana Mahā Nāyaka Sthavirayan wahanse wamha--(Yatawattē Chandajottyābhidhana, High Priest of Asgiri Tihare at Kandy). (Sd.) YATAWATTE Hikkaduwe Srī Sumangala Sripādasthāne saha Kolamba palate pradhāna Nāyaka Sthavirayo (Hikkaduwe Srī Sumangala, High Priest of Adam's Peak and the District of Colombo). (Sd.) H. SUMANGALA Maligawe Prāchina Pustakālāyadhyakshaka Surīyagoda Sonuttara Sthavirayo (Suriyagoda Sonuttara, Librarian of the Oriental Library at the Temple of the Tooth Relic at Kandy). (Sd.) S. SONUTTARA Sugata Sāsanadhaja Vinayā chāriya Dhammalankārābhidhāna Nāyaka Sthavira. (Sd.) W. DHAMMALANKARA Pawara neruttika chariya Mahā Vibhavi Subhuti of Waskaduwa.