BENEFICENT AND MALEFICENT FORCES 219
Says the Buddha,
Man’s merits and the sins he here hath wrought:
That is the thing he owns, that takes he hence,
That dogs his steps, like shadows in pursuit.
Hence let him make good store for life elsewhere.
Sure platform in some other future world,
Rewards of Virtue on good beings wait.
—Kindred Sayings, i. p. 98