There is not room for truth in sentiency, neither in its pleasures nor in its pains; sentiency is the first footstep of truth, but there is not room in it for the truth, though sentiency may beam with the blazing glow of beauty and life. 8 Neither is there any room for truth in rationality. Rationality is a two-edged sword and serves the purpose of love equally as well as the purpose of hatred. Rationality is the platform on which the truth standeth. No truth is attainable without reason. Nevertheless, in mere rationality there is no room for truth, though it be the instrument that masters the things of the world. 9 The throne of truth is righteousness; and love and justice and good-will are its ornaments. 10 Righteousness is the place in which truth dwells, and here in the hearts of mankind aspiring after the realization of righteousness, there is ample space for a rich and ever richer revelation of the truth. 11 This is the Gospel of the Blessed One. This is the revelation of the Enlightened One. This is the bequest of the Holy One. 12 Those who accept the truth and have faith in the truth, take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. 13 Receive us, O Buddha, as thy disciples from this day hence, so long as our life lasts. 14 Comfort, O holy Teacher, compassionate and all-loving, the afflicted and the sorrow-laden, illumine those who go astray, and let us all gain more and more in comprehension and in holiness. 15 The truth is the end and aim of all existence, and the worlds originate so that the truth may come and dwell therein. 16 Those who fail to aspire for the truth have missed the purpose of life. 17 Blessed is he who rests in the truth, for all things will pass away, but the truth abideth forever. 18 The world is built for the truth, but false combinations of thought misrepresent the true state of things and bring forth errors. 19 Errors can be fashioned as it pleases those who cherish them; therefore they are pleasant to look upon, but they are unstable and contain the seeds of dissolution. 20 Truth cannot be fashioned. Truth is one and the same; it is immutable. 21 Truth is above the power of death; it is omnipresent, eternal, and most glorious. 22 Illusions, errors, and lies are the daughters of Māra, and great power is given unto them to seduce the minds of men and lead them astray upon the path of evil. 23