...from hie study of man's mental constitution. Several times he gave that rule in express words : — ' What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others.' The peculiar nature of the Chínete language enabled him to express this rule by one character,...

...principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others. " In the way of the superior man there are four things, to none of which have I as yet attained....

...principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like, when done to yourself, do not do to others. 4. "In the way of the superior man there are four things, to not one of which have I as...

...there is that which the sage does not know." The best thing in this book has been often quoted : " What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others." If we would understand the natural difference between Confucius and Jesus, let us take...

...the superior man ? " We have here the golden rule in its negative form expressly propounded : — " What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others." But in the paragraph which follows we have the rule virtually in its positive form. Confucius...

...principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others." " Fan-che asked about benevolence, the Master said : It is to love all men." On another...

...Confucius we find again what we value most in our religion. I shall quote but one saying of the Chinese " What you do not like when done to yourself, do not...which existed before heaven and earth. How calm it is t how free 1 ' It lives alone, it changes not. It moves everywhere, but it never suffers. We may look...

...replied : ' My thoughts were fixed on the vessel, and I saw and heard nothing else.' 1 Cf. Mahava;z.ra, p. 33. Then the king said : ' Let thy thought be fixed...calm it is! how free! ' It lives alone, it changes not.'^r; • •'•'.V. --'*'. ff.\ Dr. Legge's Life and Teachings of Confucf^ ' It moves everywhere,...

...freedom.' According to Buddha, the motive of all our \ actions should be pity or love for our neigh-; bour. And as in Buddhism, so even in the writings of Confucius...existed before heaven and earth. ' How calm it is f how free ! ' It lives alone, it changes not. 1 Dr. Legge's Life and Teachings of Confucius, p. 47....

...again what we value most in our own religion. I shall quote but one saying of the Chinese sage 1 : ' What you do not like when done to yourself, do not...it is ! how free! ' It lives alone, it changes not. ' It moves everywhere, but it never suffers. ' We may look on it as the Mother of the Universe. ' I,...