Franklin Merrell-Wolff concludes this series by offering a parenthetical statement on the subject of the sense in which he is a Buddhist. He outlines the fundamental principles of Buddhism and points out the features with which he takes exception. He stresses that his own personal orientation to the rational forms of Buddhism rather than to the aesthetic forms such as Zen. He further differentiates his orientation by stating he favors the ashunya form of Buddhism rather than the shunya form, and that he disagrees with logical Buddhists by affirming that there three, not just two, faculties of cognition. He distinguishes his orientation as it pertains to the Tantric forms of Buddhism, the Advaita form of Vedanta and the forms of Buddhism that are closely allied to it, and in general, to orientations that favor the aesthetic component over the theoretic component. He concludes by affirming his acceptance of the Kwan-Yin vow and its recommendation of the renunciation of the Great Reward so that this value may be shared with all creatures.