JAPAN: Buddhist Amok

Which would be the better for you, that you should go in search of a woman, or that you should go in search of yourselves? . . . Brethren, I exhort you: Work out your salvation with diligence!

BUDDHA

At Tokyo the respected Masaomi Hirayama, priest of Buddha, author of admired tracts concerning The Four Noble Truths and The Holy Eightfold Path, was gravely congratulated by his fellow priests, last week, on having observed for 48 years those virtues which caused the ancient sages to exclaim : "Serene and blessed is the Buddha....

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