A Buddhist Catechism An Outline of the Doctrine of the Buddha Gotama in the Fo
A Buddhist Catechism An Outline of the Doctrine of the Buddha Gotama in the Fo
Bhikshu Subhadra
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Does the Order possess any spiritual power over the Laity f No; the Buddhist knows of no excommunica- tion, no ecclesiastical laws and penances, no rigorous disciplinary system. But the Order repudiates all communion with an Upasaka who has been guilty of some grave moral offence, or who has spoken contemptuously of the Buddha, the doctrine, or the Order. In token of his being henceforth unworthy to provide for the wants of the brethren, they upset before him the alms-bowl they are in the habit... of carrying about with them. 171. What in the words of the doctrine should the true Bhikshu bef If a Bhikshu should desire, so the holy Scripture says, to attain the state of perfect peace, and Nirvana: Let him be without guile, upright and con- scientious, gentle-spoken, kind, modest, content, and having few wants, not over-anxious, keeping repose of heart, without presumption, without desire. Let him do nothing unworthy; let him live in thought, word, and deed in the spirit of the doc- trine and the precepts; let him strengthen him- self in the knowledge of the four grand truths, A BUDDHIST CATECHISM 71 and walk without blame in the sublime eightfold path.
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