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THE DIAMOND SUTRA

or lightly esteemed,^[1] it is because that in a previous life there had been committed some grievous transgression, followed now by inexorable retribution.^[2] But, although in this life despised or lightly esteemed, the compensating merit thus acquired will cause the transgression of a former life to be fully expiated, and the disciple adequately recompensed

↑ "Whoever reviles Buddha or his disciple, be he a wandering mendicant, or a householder, let one know him as an outcast." —Sutta Nipata. V. Fausböll.
↑ "Whatever evil deeds these beings have done in a former birth, deeds that must lead to suffering, those deeds these beings, owing to their being overcome, after they have seen the Law, will destroy, and they will obtain the knowledge of Buddha."—The Vagrakkhedika. Max Müller.
"According to the Buddha. . . all men must suffer in their own persons either in the present life, or in future lives, the consequences of their own acts. . . . The penalty of sin could not be transferred to another-it could only be borne by the sinner himself, just as the reward of virtue could only be enjoyed by the virtuous man himself."—Hinduism. Sir Monier Williams.

[1] "Whoever reviles Buddha or his disciple, be he a wandering mendicant, or a householder, let one know him as an outcast." —Sutta Nipata. V. Fausböll.

[2] "Whatever evil deeds these beings have done in a former birth, deeds that must lead to suffering, those deeds these beings, owing to their being overcome, after they have seen the Law, will destroy, and they will obtain the knowledge of Buddha."—The Vagrakkhedika. Max Müller.
"According to the Buddha. . . all men must suffer in their own persons either in the present life, or in future lives, the consequences of their own acts. . . . The penalty of sin could not be transferred to another-it could only be borne by the sinner himself, just as the reward of virtue could only be enjoyed by the virtuous man himself."—Hinduism. Sir Monier Williams.

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