The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

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.] 143