The seven kinds of Wisdom are--Energy, Recollection, Contemplation, Investigation of Scripture, Joy, Repose and Serenity. The noble Eightfold Path which leads to Nirvana comprises: (1) Right belief; (2) Right aims; (3) Right words; (4) Right behaviour; (5) Right mode of livelihood; (6) Right exertion; (7) Right mindfulness; (8) Right meditation and tranquillity. All these different Powers, Laws, etc., are again subdivided and re-subdivided; but the above lines will be sufficient to outline the moral philosophy of that system which not only the priests should bear out in their lives, but to which every true believer in Buddhism is expected to conform. Practically, however, these counsels are so many obsolete laws, long since dead and forgotten. Outside the permanent priests and a few students, the vast majority of the people know nothing whatever about the system, and if some of the learned writers upon Buddhism in Europe were to preach their Buddhist sermons to the subjects of the only independent Buddhist king remaining, the people would stare in wonder at their new teachers and ask one another what strange doctrines were these that were being preached unto them. Buddha's own sermons as to the duties of the priesthood are worth a moment's notice, though the priests as a rule have never heard them, or heard them with indifferent ears. The following passages are quoted from the book mentioned above, and are translations of passages in those sermons whose authenticity is established. "He who, himself not stainless, Would wrap the yellow-stained robe around him, He, devoid of self-control and honesty Is unworthy of the yellow robe." "But he who, cleansed from stains, Is well grounded in the Precepts, And full of honesty and self-restraint 'Tis he who's worthy of the yellow robe." "The restrained in hand, restrained in foot, Restrained in speech, the best of self-controlled; He whose delight is inward, who is tranquil And happy when alone--him they call _mendicant_." "The mendicant who controls his tongue, speaking Wisely, and is not puffed up, Who throws light on worldly and on Heavenly things, His word is sweet." "Let his livelihood be kindliness, His conduct righteousness, Then, in the fulness of gladness, He will make an end of grief." "As the Vassika plant casts down its withered blossoms So cast out utterly, O mendicants, ill-will and lust." "Do no violence to a Brahman, But neither let _him_ fly at his aggressor. Woe to him who strikes a Brahman; More woe to him who strikes the striker." "What is the use of plaited hair, O fool! What of a garment of skins? Your low yearnings are within you, And the outside thou makest clean." "A mendicant, who is fond of disputes, is walled in by ignorance, and understands neither religion nor the law of Gautama."