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Lao-tzu, A Study in Chinese Philosophy

Note 20 — Chapter VII · ETHICS.

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See chs. 45, 71, 77. Compare the statement attributed to Gotama Buddha. “Great King, I do not teach the law to my pupils, telling them, Go, ye saints, and before the eyes of the Brahmans and householders perform, by means of your supernatural powers, miracles greater than any man can perform. I tell them, when I teach them the law, Live, ye saints, hiding your good works, and showing your sins.” Chips from a German Workshop, Vol. I., p. 249; translated from Burnouf, Introduction à l’Histoire du Buddhisme Indien, p. 170.

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