7 And there is good enough for all. With good destroy the bad; with generous deeds make avarice ashamed; with truth make straight the crooked lines that error draws, for error is but truth distorted, gone astray.
8 And pain will follow him who speaks or acts with evil thoughts, as does the wheel the foot of him who draws the cart.
9 He is a greater man who conquers self than he who kills a thousand men in war.
10 He is the noble man who is himself what he believes that other men should be.
11 Return to him who does you wrong your purest love, and he will cease from doing wrong; for love will purify the heart of him who is beloved as truly as it purifies the heart of him who loves.
12 The words of Buddha are recorded in the Indian sacred books; attend to them, for they are part of the instructions of the Holy Breath.
13 The land of Egypt is the land of secret things.
14 The mysteries of the ages lie lock-bound in our temples and our shrines.
15 The masters of all times and climes come here to learn; and when your sons have grown to manhood they will finish all their studies in Egyptian schools.
16 But I have said enough. Tomorrow at the rising of the sun we meet again.
_Salome’s lessons. Prayer. Elihu’s concluding lessons. Sums up the three years’ course of study. The pupils return to their homes._
Now, when the morning sun arose the masters and their pupils all were in the sacred grove.
2 Salome was the first to speak; she said, Behold the sun! It manifests the power of God who speaks to us through sun and moon and stars;
3 Through mountain, hill and vale; through flower, and plant and tree.
4 God sings for us through bird, and harpsichord, and human voice; he speaks to us through wind and rain and thunder roll; why should we not bow down and worship at his feet?
5 God speaks to hearts apart; and hearts apart must speak to him; and this is prayer.
6 It is not prayer to shout at God, to stand, or sit, or kneel and tell him all about the sins of men.
7 It is not prayer to tell the Holy One how great he is, how good he is, how strong and how compassionate.
8 God is not man to be bought up by praise of man.
9 Prayer is the ardent wish that every way of life be light; that every act be crowned with good; that every living thing be prospered by our ministry.