Pain and sorrow have ceased, for Peace is entered By practice the artisan becomes accomplished in into;
his craft,
Confusion is dissolved, for Unity is made manifest; By practice the Truth - lover becomes
Error is vanquished, for Truth is revealed.
accomplished in Truth.
Blessed is he who has resolved to abandon self:
The Way of Truth is marked by three Great
Blessed is he who is pure;
Practices,?
Blessed is he who has destroyed all his illusions;
The first is Self - Restraint,
He has found the Great Reality at last.
The second, Self - Examination,
The universe is glad, for again the Master is
The third, Self- Surrender ;
revealed;
These three include all others,
The universe is glad, for again the Law of Good is He who refuses to practise Self - Restraint, expounded;
Who says in his heart, ?
The universe is glad, for again the Great Reality is " I will eat and drink, and make me garlands of comprehended.
pleasure,"
He cannot find the Way which leads to peace.
Discourse Concerning The Way of Truth But he who says within himself,?
" I will dwell with Abstinence,
1. Self - Restraint
I will make my abode with Chastity,
Integrity shall be my companion,
WHAT is Truth ?
And faith shall light up my darkness,
It resides in the silence of Perfect Deeds.
Yea, Virtue shall be my refuge and my stay,"
That silence is sufficient for the wise.
He will find the Way which leads to Truth,
I, therefore, discourse not upon Truth,
Lo! he hath already found it,
For the practice of virtue is the entrance to the Way. Who, having found the roots of evil,
The vicious man destroys, but the virtuous man
Tears them up with the hands of Renunciation,
builds ;
And burns them to ashes in the fire of Knowledge.
He slays himself who thinks only of his own
He who thus examines himself,
pleasure;
Who rectifies his inmost heart,
He preserves himself who controls himself.
And rejects all the errors of his mind,
He who renounces pleasure, and restrains his
Who, seeking out and humbly acknowledging his
passions,
own faults,
Preferring steadfastness and integrity to
Refusing to dwell upon the faults of others,
gratification,
Will make swift progress toward the goal of peace.
Will partake of the joys of virtue :
He will cleanse his heart ;
Pleasant will be his friendships,
He will purify his understanding ;
Pure his affections,
Subduing self, he will no longer look through the
And long and prosperous his days ;
eye of self;
Thus walking with virtue, happiness will wait upon Apprehending Truth, he will perceive with the him,
unveiled eye of Truth ;
Partial blessedness will be his portion,
He will know both self and Truth.
And he will reach the first great Resting-Place;
All his works will prosper, for his acts will be
Yet, staying there, he will not reach the Highest.
righteous ;
His tongue will speak wisdom, for his heart will be
2. Self-Examination
pure ;
And where his feet have trodden, the flowers of
He who seeks the Highest will enter upon the
Love and Peace will grow.
