ent; since he who gains wealth with clean hands is truly
pure; not he who is purified merely with earth and water.

"By forgiveness of injuries, the learned are purified; by liberality,
those who have neglected their duty; by pious meditation, those who
have secret faults; by devout austerity, those who best know the Veda.

"Bodies are cleansed by water; the mind is purified by truth; the vital
spirit, by theology and devotion; the understanding, by clear
knowledge.

"No sacrifice is allowed to women apart from their husbands, no
religious rite, no fasting; as far only as a wife honors her lord, so
far she is exalted in heaven.

"A faithful wife, who wishes to attain in heaven the mansion of her
husband, must do nothing unkind to him, be he living or dead.

"Let her emaciate her body by living voluntarily on pure flowers,
roots, and fruit; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even
pronounce the name of another man.

"Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh
duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the
incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women as
were devoted to one only husband."

The Sixth Book of the Laws of Manu relates to devotion. It seems that the
Brahmans were in the habit of becoming ascetics, or, as the Roman
Catholics would say, entering Religion. A Brahman, or twice-born man, who
wishes to become an ascetic, must abandon his home and family, and go to
live in the forest. His food must be roots and fruit, his clothing a bark
garment or a skin, he must bathe morning and evening, and suffer his hair
to grow. He must spend his time in reading the Veda, with a mind intent on
the Supreme Being, "a perpetual giver but no receiver of gifts; with
tender affection for all animated bodies." He is to perform various
sacrifices with offerings of fruits and flowers, practise austerities by
exposing himself to heat and cold, and "for the purpose of uniting his
soul with the Divine Spirit he must study the Upanishads."

"A Brahman, having shuffled off his body by these modes, which great
sages practise, and becoming void of sorrow and fear, it exalted into
the divine essence."

"Let him not wish for death. Let him not wish for life. Let him expect
his appointed time, as the hired servant expects his wages."

"Meditating on the Supreme Spirit, without any