It  is  a  question  whether  this  is  good  psychology,  and
whether  Buddhism  does  not  give  too  much  prominence  to  the
intellectual  aspect  of  the  human  personality  and  not  enough
to  the  aspect  we  call  the  Will.  Of  course,  a  knowledge  of
the  truth  is  necessary  as  a  step  toward  freedom  from  sin,
but  it  does  not  always  follow  that  to  know  the  truth  is  to
obey  it.  After  all,  there  is  that  mysterious  aspect  of  our
personality  called  the  Will  which  enables  a  man  to  choose
as  to  whether  he  will  obey  the  truth  as  he  sees  it,  or  not.  It
is  true,  as  Buddhism  says,  that  man  is  in  ignorance  and  that
ignorance  is  a  source  of  sin,  but  sin  is  more  than  mere  igno-
rance. It  is  not  merely  an  intellectual  mistake,  but  rather
a  rebellion  of  the  will.  In  short,  man  is  not  simply  a  mind,
but  a  personality.  Personality  has  as  its  core  the  Will
aspect  as  truly  as  the  intellectual,  and  consequently  abstract
truth  does  not  make  a  sufficiently  strong  appeal  to  enable
man  to  forsake  sin  and  do  good,  but  the  appeal  must  be  made
by  a  perfect  personality.  And  here  is  exactly  where  the
ethics  of  primitive  Buddhism  must  inevitably  break  down.
