..續本文上一頁peech; Right Action; Right Means of Livelihood; Right Exertion; Right Remembrance; Right Meditation.

　　X. Right Meditation leads to spiritual enlightenment, or the development of that Buddha-like faculty which is latent in every man.

　　XI. The essence of Buddhism, as summed up by the Tathâgata (Buddha) himself, is—

　　To cease from all sin,

　　To get virtue,

　　To purify the heart.

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　　XII. The universe is subject to a natural causation known as "Karma." The merits and demerits of a being in past existences determine his condition in the present one. Each man, therefore, has prepared the causes of the effects which he now experiences.

　　XIII. The obstacles to the attainment of good karma may be removed by the observance of the following precepts, which are embraced in the moral code of Buddhism, viz.: (1) Kill not; (2) Steal not; (3) Indulge in no forbidden sexual pleasure; (4) Lie not; (5) Take no intoxicating or stupefying drug or liquor. Five other precepts which need not be here enumerated should be observed by those who would attain, more quickly than the average layman, the release from misery and rebirth.

　　XIV. Buddhism discourages superstitious credulity. Gautama Buddha taught it to be the duty of a parent to have his child educated in science and literature. He also taught that no one should believe what is spoken by any sage, written in any book, or affirmed by tradition, unless it accord with reason.

　　Drafted as a common platform upon which all Buddhists can agree.

　　H. S. OLCOTT, P. T. S.

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　　Respectfully submitted for the approval of the High Priests of the nations which we severally represent, in the Buddhist Conference held at Adyar, Madras, on the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of January 1891 (A. B. 2434).

　　Japan: Kozen Gunaratana, Chiezo Tokuzawa

　　Burmah: U. Hmoay Tha Aung

　　Ceylon: Dhammapala Hevavitarana

　　The Maghs of Chittagong: Krishna Chandra Chowdry, by his appointed Proxy, Maung Tha Dwe.

　　BURMAH.

　　Approved on behalf of the Buddhists of Burmah, this 3rd clay of February, 1891 (A. B. 2434):

　　Tha-tha-na-baing Saydawgyi; Aung Myi Shwebôn Sayadaw; Me-ga-waddy Sayadaw; Hmat-Khaya Sayadaw; Hti-lîn Sayadaw; Myadaung Sayadaw; Hla-Htwe Sayadaw; and sixteen others.

　　CEYLON.

　　Approved on behalf of the Buddhists of Ceylon this 25th day of February, 1891 (A. B. 2434); Mahanuwara upawsatha puspârâma vihârâdhipati Hippola

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　　[paragraph continues] Dhamma Rakkhita Sobhitâbhidhâna Mahâ Nâyaka Sthavirayan wahanse wamha.

　　(Hippola Dhamma Rakkhita Sabhitâbhidhàna, High Priest of the Malwalta Vihare at Kandy).

　　(Signed) Hippola.

　　Mahanuwara Asgiri vihârâdhipati Yatawattê Chandajottyâbhidhana Mahâ Nâyaka Sthavirayan wahanse wamha—(Yatawattê Chandajottyâbhidhana, High Priest of Asgiri Vihare at Kandy).

　　(Signed) Yatawatte.

　　Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Stipâdasthâne saha Kolamba palate pradhana Náyaka Sthavirayo (Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala, High Priest of Adam”s Peak and the District of Colombo).

　　(Signed) H. Sumangala.

　　Maligawe Prâchina Pustakâlâyadhyakshaka Suriyagoda Sonuttara Sthavirayo (Suriyagoda Sonuttara, Librarian of the Oriental Library at the Temple of the Tooth Relic at Kandy).

　　(Signed) S. Sonuttara.

　　Sugata Sâsanadhaja Vinayâ chariya Dhammalankârâbhidhâna Nayaka Sthavira.

　　(Signed) Dhammalankara,

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　　Pawara neruttika chariya Mahâ Vibhavi Subhuti of Waskaduwa.

　　(Signed) W. Subhuti.

　　JAPAN.

　　Accepted as included within the body of Northern Buddhism.

　　Shaku Genyu

　　 (Shingon Shu)

　　Fukuda Nichiyo

　　 (Nichiren „ )

　　Sanada Seyko

　　 (Zen „ )

　　Ito Quan Shyu

　　 ( „ „ )

　　Takehana Hakuyo

　　 (Jodo „ )

　　Kono Rioshin

　　 (Ji-Shu „ )

　　Kira Ki-ko

　　 (Jodo Seizan „ )

　　Harutani Shinsho

　　 (Tendai „ )

　　Manabe Shun-myo

　　 (Shingon „ )

　　CHITTAGONG.

　　Accepted for the Buddhists of Chittagong.

　　Nagawa Parvata Vihârâdhipati

　　Guna Megu Wini-Lankara,

　　 Harbing, Chittagong, Bengal.

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