[3] _Fah_, the Chinese equivalent of Dharma—Law, appears to be a generic term for all religious doctrines incidental to Buddhism. The Buddhas are invariably referred to as _Fah-Wang_—Princes of the Law. The Sutras are frequently alluded to as _Fah-Pao_—Jewels of the Law. The monks are usually designated _Fah-Men_—Disciples of the Law. The interminable process of transmigration is depicted by _Fah-Luen_—Wheel of the Law. The dissemination of Buddhistic tenets is typified by _Chuan-Fah-Luen_—Revolving Wheel of the Law. Religious designations consonant with the idea of Law, are held in high esteem amongst the Buddhist ecclesiastical orders. Of such are _Fah-Ai_—Lover of the Law; _Fah-Lien_—Approved in the Law; _Fah-Ming_—Brightness of the Law (compare Eitel’s _Handbook of Chinese Buddhism_. [4] “Subhuti, can the western, or southern, or northern regions of space be measured? or the four midway regions of space (_i.e._, N.E., S.E., S.W., N.W.), or the upper and lower regions: can either of these be accurately measured or defined?”— _Kin-Kong-King_. Beal. [5] “Of all the modes of acquiring merit, that of almsgiving is the principal; it is the chief of the virtues that are requisite for the attainment of the Buddhaship; it is the first of the four great virtues, _viz_.: almsgiving, affability, promoting the prosperity of others, and loving others as ourselves; it is superior to the observance of the precepts—the path that all the Buddhas have trod—a lineage to which they have all belonged.... The giving of alms softens the mind, and brings it into subjection, by which the ascetic is prepared for the exercise of the rites he is afterwards to practise.... The faithful are required to give in alms of that which they have honestly earned by their own personal exertions.... There must be a willing mind respecting that which they offer, from the time that the intention of making the offering is formed to the time when it is presented, as well as after it has been made.... When the gift, the giver, and the receiver are all pure, the reward is proportionately great.”—_Eastern Monachism_. Spence Hardy. [6] “Let his livelihood be kindliness, His conduct righteousness, Then in the fulness of gladness He will make an end of grief.”—_Buddhism_. T. W. Rhys Davids. [1] Discoursing upon illusory ideas concerning the world of sentient life, the Lord Buddha stated that these were already eliminated from the minds of his enlightened disciples. The reference in the text is to disciples in process of instruction, and these the Lord Buddha commanded to relegate to oblivion the deceptive idea of the reality of sentient life, to dissolve within their minds its nauseous dregs, to put away its horrid stain, and cause it to vanish like snow in a glowing furnace.—_Chinese Annotation_.