Sri Lanka, July 23 -- "At Saranath in Benaris, I would almost see the Buddha sermonizing his first discourse and his recorded words would come like a far-away echo to me through two thousand five hundred years. Asoka stone pillars, or the "pillars of the Dharma" with their inscriptions would speak to me in that glorious language and tell me of a man who though an Emperor, was superior to any King or Emperor." - Discovery of India: Jawharlal Nehru

"Vision arose, insight arose, discernment arose, knowledge arose, illumination arose within me with regard to things never heard before: 'This is the noble truth of stress.' Vision arose, insight arose, discernment arose, knowledge arose, illumination arose within me with regard to things never ...