Therefore, the three requisites of the Buddhist
life are helping one another like a tripod to stand
together and to accomplish their common pur-
pose. The moral precepts cannot be intelli-
gently and thoroughly followed unless a man has
gained a complete control of himself through
contemplation and self-introspection. But this
dhyana-practice will not be of much value,
religiously considered, to his daily life unless it
leads to the awakening of'Prajna (wisdom) and
to the comprehension of the ultimate facts of
life. Whatever difference there may be in the
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of discipline, as they are often called, are admitted
by them all as most essential for the realization
of their ideal life. The importance of the moral
codes as formulated by Buddha will not be
questioned even by followers of non-Buddhist
faiths, and as to the signification of spiritual
insight, which constitutes the essence of religious
life, I have somewhere touched upon the subject.
In this short discourse I wish to say a few words
concerning the practice of dhyana.
