The nature of delusions, errors, and lies is death; and wrong-doing is the way to perdition. 24 Delusions, errors, and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and wormeaten, and those who embark in them are fated to be shipwrecked. 25 There are many who say: "Come error, be thou my guide," and when they are caught in the meshes of selfishness, lust, and evil desires, misery is begot. 26 Yet does all life yearn for the truth and the truth only can cure our diseases and give peace to our unrest. 27 Truth is the essence of life, for truth endureth beyond the death of the body. Truth is eternal and will still remain even though heaven and earth shall pass away. 28 There are not different truths in the world, for truth is one and the same at all times and in every place. 29 Truth teaches us the noble eightfold path of righteousness, and it is a straight path easily found by the truth-loving. Happy are those who walk in it. 30 C. THE PRAISE OF ALL THE BUDDHAS. All the Buddhas are wonderful and glorious. There is not their equal upon earth. They reveal to us the path of life. And we hail their appearance with pious reverence. 1 All the Buddhas teach the same truth. They point out the path to those who go astray. The Truth is our hope and comfort. We gratefully accept its illimitable light. 2 Ah the Buddhas are one in essence, Which is omnipresent in all modes of being, Sanctifying the bonds that tie all souls together, And we rest in its bliss as our final refuge. 3 TABLE OF REFERENCE. THE GOSPEL OF BUDDHA CHAPTER AND VERSE (Gospel): I-III Sources: EA Parallelisms: -- Gospel: Descent from heaven omitted Sources: LV; rGya, iii-iv Parallelisms: Klopstock's _Messias_ Gesang I Gospel: IV Sources: Fo, vv. 1-147 Parallelisms: -- Gospel: IV, 6 Sources: BSt, p. 64 Parallelisms: Mark vii, 32, 37; Matth. xi, 5 Gospel: IV, 9 Sources: Fo, vv. 22-24 Parallelisms: Matth. ii, 1 Gospel: IV, 12 Sources: Fo, vv. 39-40 Parallelisms: Luke ii, 36 Gospel: IV, 17 Sources: RB 150; RHB 52 Parallelisms: Pseudo Matth. 23 Gospel: IV, 27 Sources: Fo, v. 147 Parallelisms: Luke ii, 52 Gospel: Omitted Sources: RHB, pp. 103-108 Parallelisms: Matth. ii, 16 Gospel: V Sources: HM, p. 156; RB, p. 83; rGya, xii Parallelisms: -- Sources: Fo, vv. 152-156 Parallelisms: Luke ii, 46-47 Gospel: V, 9 Sources: Fo, v. 164 Parallelisms: Matth. iii, 16 Gospel: VI Sources: Fo, vv. 191-322 Parallelisms: -- Gospel: VI, 19-20 Sources: BSt, pp. 79-80; RB, p. 23 Parallelisms: Luke xi, 27-28