Fragment I The Voice Of The Silence · 6

↑ (44). Samadhi is the state in which the ascetic loses the consciousness of every individuality including his own. He becomes—the ALL.

↑ (45). The "four modes of truth" are, in Northern Buddhism, Ku "suffering or misery"; Tu the assembling of temptations; Mu "their destructions" and Tau, the "path." The "five impediments" are the knowledge of misery, truth about human frailty, oppressive restraints, and the absolute necessity of separation from all the ties of passion and even of desires. The "Path of Salvation"—is the last one.

↑ (46). At the portal of the "assembling" the King of the Maras the Maha Mara stands trying to blind the candidate by the radiance of his "Jewel."

↑ (47). This is the fourth "Path" out of the five paths of rebirth which lead and toss all human beings into perpetual states of sorrow and joy. These "paths" are but sub-divisions of the One, the Path followed by Karma.