THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING
Aspiration (Sampakkhandana). Under Perseverance, the ren-
dering of Support—tension (Paggaha). Under Mindfulness,
Repetition (Apilapana) and “keeping up” (Upaganhana).
Under Good Conduct, the whole of the Royal Road from
Aspirant to Arahat—The five Moral Powers (Indriyabalain);
The seven Conditions of Arahatship (Bogghanga); The Path,
readiness of memory, (Satipatthana); The four kinds of Right
Exertion (Sammappadhana); The four Stages of Ecstasy
(Ghana); The eight forms of spiritual Emancipation (Vi-
mokha); The four modes of Self-Concentration (Samadhi);*
The eight states of Intense contemplation (Sam4patti).
It would be waste of time to compare the above states
with the states of the Hindu Yoga, or enumerate other simi-
larities which exist by the score, but one point we must not
overlook, and that is The Noble Eightfold Path, which con-
tains the very essence of Gotama’s teaching, as he said:
There is a Middle Path, O Monks, the Two Extremes avoiding, by the
Tathagata attained:—a Path which makes for Insight and gives Understanding,
which leads to Peace of Mind, to the Higher Wisdom, to the Great Awakening,
to Nibbana! t
Let us now examine these eight truths.} The first is:
I. Right Comprehension or Right Views.
Right Comprehension is the first practical step in carrying
* It will be noticed that this is the third sense in which this hard-working
word is employed.
+ The Sutta of the Foundation of the Kingdom of Truth.
¢ [We respect the following noble attempt to rewrite Buddhism in the
Universal Cipher, not unaware that the flatulent Buddhists of to-day will eructate
their cacodylic protests. An orthodox Buddhist account is to be found in “The
Sword of Song,” by A. Crowley, article “ Science and Buddhism.”—ED.]
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