theiddatha

Updated: May 3, 2025

For are not these, too, of the very soul of the people? 'He who pointed out the way to those that had lost it. Life of the Buddha. The life-story of Prince Theiddatha, who saw the light and became the Buddha twenty-five centuries ago, has been told in English many times. It has been told in translations from the Pali, from Burmese, and from Chinese, and now everyone has read it.

H. (Harold) Fielding - The Soul of a People