to recover the proceeds of a life insurance policy in which the defendant was the beneficiary. We pointed out that there was no proof that the defendant knew that he was the beneficiary of the policy and held that evidence as to the policy did little more than excite a suspicion of guilt, and was insufficient to establish a motive. In People v. Lavac, 357 Ill. 554, the defendant killed a police officer who had come to defendant's house to arrest him for contributing to the delinquency of his children. The defendant admitted shooting the officer but denied knowing that deceased was a police officer and contended that he shot in defense of his home. The State argued that defendant knew he had violated the law and contributedeffluents... This is the way leading to the stopping of mental effluents.' His heart, thus knowing, thus seeing, is released from the effluent of sensuality, released from the effluent of becoming, released from the effluent of unawareness. With release, there is the knowledge, 'Released.' He discerns that, 'Birth is no more, the holy life is fulfilled, the task done. There is nothing further for this world.' "This, great king, is a reward of the contemplative life, visible here and now, more excellent than the previous ones and more sublime. And as for another visible reward of the contemplative life, higher and more sublime than this, there is none." — Samaññaphala Sutta, Digha Nikaya

Introduction These talks — except for the first — were originally given extemporaneously to the monks