PEOPLE PERFORM VARIOUS CEREMONIES ON OCCASIONS OF SICKNESS, THE WEDDINGS OF SONS, THE WEDDINGS OF DAUGHTERS, THE BIRTH OF CHILDREN, AND DEPARTURE ON JOURNEYS. ON THESE AND SIMILAR OCCASIONS PEOPLE PERFORM CEREMONIES. BUT AT SUCH TIMES THE WOMANKIND PERFORM MANY MANIFOLDS, TRIVIAL AND WORTHLESS CEREMONIES. CEREMONIES CERTAINLY HAVE TO BE PERFORMED, ALTHOUGH THAT SORT BEARS LITTLE FRUIT. THIS SORT, HOWEVER, THE CEREMONIAL OF TRUE LIFE, BEARS GREAT FRUIT. IN IT ARE INCLUDED PROPER TREATMENT OF LABOURERS AND SERVANTS, HONOUR TO TEACHERS, GENTLENESS TOWARDS LIVING CREATURES AND LIBERALITY TOWARDS MANKIND.

Do not believe in traditions merely because they have been handed down for many generations and in many places; do not believe in anything because it is rumoured and spoken of by many; do not believe because the written statement of some old sage is produced; do not believe in what you have fancied, thinking that because it is extraordinary it must have been implanted by a wonderful being. After observation and analysis, when it agrees with reason and is conductive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.