attain, more quickly than the average layman, the release from misery
and rebirth.

XIV Buddhism discourages superstitious credulity. Gautama Buddha
taught it to be the duty of a parent to have his child educated in
science and literature. He also taught that no one should believe what
is spoken by any sage, written in any book, or affirmed by tradition,
unless it accord with reason.

Drafted as a common platform upon which all Buddhists can agree.

H. S. OLCOTT, P.T.S.

Respectfully submitted for the approval of the High Priests of the
nations which we severally represent, in the Buddhist Conference held
at Adyar, Madras, on the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of January,
1891 (A.B. 2434).

Japan . . . . . ( Kozen Gunaratana
( Chiezo Tokuzawa
Burmah . . . . . U. Hmoay Tha Aung
Ceylon . . . . . Dhammapala Hevavitarana.
The Maghs of
Chittagong . . . Krshna Chandra Chowdry, by
his appointed Proxy, Maung
Tha Dwe.

BURMAH

Approved on behalf of the Buddhists of Burmah, this 3rd day of
February, 1891 (A. B. 2434):

Tha-tha-na-baing Saydawgyi; Aung Myi Shweb[=o]n Sayadaw; Me-ga-waddy
Sayadaw; Hmat-Khaya Sayadaw; Hti-lin Sayadaw; Myadaung Sayadaw;
Hla-Htwe Sayadaw; and sixteen others.

CEYLON

Approved on behalf of the Buddhists of Ceylon this 25th day of
February, 1891 (A.B. 2434); Mahannwara upawsatha pusp[=a]r[=a]ma
vih[=a]r[=a]dhipati Hippola Dhamma Rakkhita Sobhit[=a]bhidh[=a]na
Mah[=a] N[=a]yaka Sthavirayan wahanse wamha.

(Hippola Dhamma Rakkhita Sabhit[=a]bhidhana, High Priest of the
Malwatta Vihare at Kandy).

(Sd.) HIPPOLA.

Mahanuwara Asgiri vih[=a]r[=a]dhipati Yatawatt[=e]
Chandajotty[=a]bhidhana Mah[=a] N[=a]yaka Sthavirayan wahanse
wamha--(Yatawatt[=e] Chandajotty[=a]bhidhana, High Priest of Asgiri
Tihare at Kandy).

(Sd.) YATAWATTE

Hikkaduwe Sr[=i] Sumangala Srip[=a]dasth[=a]ne saha Kolamba palate
pradh[=a]na N[=a]yaka Sthavirayo (Hikkaduwe Sr[=i] Sumangala, High
Priest of Adam's Peak and the District of Colombo).

(Sd.) H. SUMANGALA

Maligawe Pr[=a]china Pustak[=a]l[=a]yadhyakshaka Sur[=i]yagoda
Sonuttara Sthavirayo (Suriyagoda Sonuttara, Librarian of the Oriental
Library at the Temple of the Tooth Relic at Kandy).

(Sd.) S