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"to have faith in God," let us at once fix his attention, by quoting his own authority on the point (Kah-gyur. vol. iv. Kgyatch. c. iv.), and remind him that, according to his own showing, "faith" is the very first of the one-hundred-and-eight doors of entrance to true religion.
"Grogs • po • dag • dad • pa • ni • ch’hos • snan • pai • sgo • ste | | Bsam • pa • mi • phyed • par • hgyur • ro |"
"Friends!" said Byang-ch’hub-sems-d’pah, "faith is indeed a door to the doctrine of morals (religion): it renders the mind undivided." And that
" Dad * pai stovs ni ch'hos snan * pai * sgo ste I
I Bdud kyi stovs las yan dag pad hdah var * gyur ro i "
" The power of faith is a door to religion : it enables us to escape clean out of the power of the devil," etc.
If, on the other hand, we have to do with a Taouist, let us introduce to him our doctrine of the " Word," who " in the beginning was with God," and " in whom is life," and gain a hearing by quoting this remarkable passage in his own chief, Lao-tsze, on the Taou, or .40709, ch. i : " Taou ko-taou, fei ch'hang. Taou wo-ming, T'heen-Tih che chin." " The Taou (6 ^6709) that can be expressed in words is not the eternal Taou. The Taou that is not named is the origin of heaven and earth." And ch. iv. : " Tsian hi! sse ch'hang thsun! wo pun chi sui-che tsze. Seang Te-che sean !" " Oh how subtle
