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THE DIAMOND SUTRA

is summarily and intelligibly comprehended." "If a disciple affirmed that the Lord Buddha attained to supreme spiritual wisdom, it is necessary to state that there is no Law whereby this condition of mind can be realised. The supreme spiritual wisdom to which the Lord Buddha attained, cannot, in its essence, be defined as real or unreal. Thus, the Lord Buddha declared that the ordinarily accepted term, the Buddhic Law,' is synonymous with every moral and spiritual Law. Subhuti, what are ordinarily declared to be 'systems of Law,' are not in reality systems of Law," they are merely termed systems of Law.'

The Lord Buddha enquired of Subhuti, say- ing: "Can you imagine a man having a great physical body?" Subhuti replied, saying: "The Lord Buddha, discoursing upon the proportions of a physical body, did not main-


perhaps appreciate the sense in which the dis- tinguished missionary, Dr Richard of Shanghai, ventured to render the Chinese term Ju-Lai (Buddha), in a translation of Asvaghocha's The Awakening of Faith, by the English synonym God. Few Christians would con- trovert the statement that God is the One in whom all Laws become intelligible !

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