Chapter Eleven : Maxims 37

The Founding Master said, “Breaking the important precepts against murder, robbery, or sexual misconduct is unwholesome, but cutting off a person’s right faith and blocking his road ahead over an infinity of kalpas and many lifetimes is an even greater transgression. Making offerings of money, clothes, and food is wholesome, but arousing right faith in others and opening up their road ahead over an infinity of kalpas and many lifetimes is an even greater good.”