vain? Know thou that those others are thyself. Thou thyself wilt reap what thou sowest. There is no salvation through worship or sacrifice. Verily I say unto thee: Not in the heavens, not in the midst of the sea, not if thou hidest thyself in the clefts of the mountains, wilt thou find a place where thou canst escape the fruit of thine actions, be they good or evil. The man who has long been journeying, and who returns home, finds the welcome of kinsfolk and friends. So do the fruits of good works bid welcome to him who has walked in the paths of love and truth, when he passes from the present life to the hereafter.
"Practice the truth, that declares that thy brother is the same as thou. Walk in the noble path of truth, and thou wilt understand that while there is death in self, there is immortality in truth."
WORDS SPOKEN TO KASSAPA.
Buddha said unto the venerable Kassapa, one of his disciples:
"All things are made of one essence, yet are different according to the forms which they assume under different impressions. As they form themselves so they act, and as they act so they are. It is as if a potter made different vessels of the same clay. There is no diversity in the clay; the diversity of the pots is only due to the moulding hands of the potter.
