Chapter 30
For four years Sakaya preached, traveling from the east to the west, and from north to south; and wherever he went, great multitudes came to hear him, for so God had prepared them.
And seventy-two disciples, who were also inspired of God, to learn the wisdom of Sakaya’s words, went with him. And the people of Vind’yu were stirred up, as they had not been since the time of Capilya.
And it came to pass that the priests and magicians of Brahma [Kabalactes –ed.] sought to condemn Sakaya, saying: The oracles and the spirits of the dead declare, his words are not true words. Moreover, if he were of the Holy Ghost, he could show signs and miracles.
So God gave Sakaya signs and miracles, even to showing the spirits of the dead, who came and stood beside him while he preached; and the spirits spoke also, declaring Sakaya’s words were of Jehovih. And the multitude saw the spirits, and heard them speak.
Sakaya said: In truth, I do not come of the Holy Ghost; I come of the actual Person, Jehovih (Ormazd).
Then God gave to Sakaya power of the DEATH CAST [swoon –Ed.], by which his own spirit went out of his corporeal body, and stood in the presence of many men, and was seen by them; and his spirit spoke to them, and they heard his words.
And while his spirit was thus out of his corporeal body, another angel of God came and inhabited it, and spoke before the multitude.
Now, after these signs came to Sakaya, he preached again, and traveled four more years, showing these things wherever he went.
And on these occasions he explained the spirit of things, and the different heavens that he had visited. And he showed to many that it was not imagination; for he left his corporeal body, and went in spirit to far-off cities and country places, showing his spirit in regions hundreds of miles away, and he was recognized in the communities where he appeared.
For there were learned men in those days, and they traveled to the places named to see his spirit, to witness if such a thing could be; and hundreds and thousands of them testified that it was true.
Sakaya said: Be most expert in observation of these matters, for though they are proved to you, yet I declare to you, they are as nothing. For even magicians and spirits of darkness can attain to the same miracles.
Nor is there in such wonders one single virtue that would contribute to make the world better, or happier.
For the spirits of the lower heavens, like mortals, have multitudes of doctrines; and, for the most part, they know nothing of the higher heavens, Nirvania, which I proclaim to you.
Nor is the testimony of a spirit more valuable to you than is the testimony of a mortal.
But consider the words and doctrines of spirits and men, for only that is good which provides for ameliorating the condition of the family and the state.
For it is given to you by the Father, that you can begin your own resurrection while you are here in the corporeal body.
Consider, then, what you can do that will raise you in spirit; for this is resurrection. First, to purify yourselves; second, to do all the good you can; and third, to affiliate. Without these, there can be no resurrection.
Or, having two of them, and lacking in the third, there can be no resurrection.
To live the highest best one knows; to practice sharply the convictions of the heart: these are the working-tools of resurrection. To not live the highest best one knows; to not practice what one is convinced of, is hypocrisy; these are like stones tied to the neck of a man in deep water. ||
In all, Sakaya preached and practiced fourteen years; and he founded seventy-two communities.
And all their members were sworn against war, and against caste, and against idleness, and to worship only the Great Spirit, Ormazd. And Sakaya gave them many rites and ceremonies.
And then Sakaya said to the Creator: I know You have in some mysterious way inspired me to do all I have done. Therefore, all the glory is Yours. How best, O Father, may these great truths be impressed upon mortals, so that they will not soon forget Your words through me?
Then God answered Sakaya, saying: By your death by the hand of the idolater.
Sakaya said: Then, You, Who created me alive, provide my death as You desire.
So God disbanded the cord of light that extended to the heavenly throne in Paradise. And suddenly now the Brahmins conspired against Sakaya, and they secretly poisoned his food with the blood of swine, killed with poison.
And Sakaya ate the food, not perceiving the poisoned blood; and he was taken with a bloody flux and died.
And his disciples took his body, according to the custom of the country, and burnt it, and scattered the ashes to the four corners of the world.
And that night, God sent a million angels into the field of ashes, with a heavenly ship of fire, and they took the spirit of Sakaya into the ship, and bore him up to the throne of God. END OF THE HISTORY OF SAKAYA