3. IN THE HlMALAYAIV FOOTHILL61 KAPILAVASTO WAO' A .9MALL BOT
PROSPER(}(/S KIN60OM. THE SAKYA.9 RLlL€O OVER IT. t
.svOOHODANA WAS THEIR KIIVG'. .
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""EDITOR:ANANT PAl RETOLD B~:f'1otlb·5.K.RAMACHANDRA RAG ARTWORK:SOUREN ROJ..2
4. TEN MONTIf6' L-4TER TIfE &UEBV u/-4~
ONIIER ,w-4V TO IIER ~-4TIIER'S' IfOUSE.
A$' .WE ,w/loo PAl6'S'ING' TIlRObI:W AI
8MUT/FilL 6ROUE ON 711£ U//IV 70
LOMBINI ~~~R.rl
14. MOTHER. I
HAVE LEARNT
THAT ALL Tf-UN6S
ALIVE AND
BEAUTIFUL KEEP
CHANGIN6. MEN
GROW OLD. MEN
FALL ILL AND
DIE. I FEEL UN-
HAPPV WHEN I
THIN K OF THESE
THINGS.
15.
16. //S' 6'OOIV /16' TilE ME6'6'EM5'ER6' BROQ6IIT IVEW.,AB()(ITSIOOII;t}RTIf/l,
KIIVG' BIMBI..,/IR/l WEIVT TO MEET 111M.
YOU SEEM TO BE - ~~~!!~
LONG TO A NOBLE r
FA/VIILY. 'lOUR HAND
SHOULD NOT HOLD
A BEGGING BOWL,
BUT THE REINS OF
AN EMPIRE. I WILL
GIVE YOU A HIGH
POSITION IN /VIV
KINGDOM. COME.
17.
18. BUT AS' H£ BE6AN 7lJ WALK AWAV
FROfIIl THE BANK, fI£ FELT W£AK
ANt) FELL DOWN.
20. I~----------------------------------~
NE O'PENT O'EI/EN WEEKS' CINDER TilE TREE ENv'O<;llN6' 1116'
O'T/lTE OF PERFECT II""PPINE¢'¢'. TNEN liE WENT OCIT INTO
TNE WORLD TO TE/ICII OTIIERS'. FIRO'T, NE WENT TO Bt9IV""R.4,9.
IN f)'EI1RC'N OF 71IE FII/E I1f)'CE77C,9. WNO WERE WITII 111M IN
URCIBILI/t9. liE FOUND TIIEM IN DEER 49RK.
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HERE COMES SIDDHARTHA.
HE RETURNED TO A LIFE
OF EASE. LET US NOT TALK
TO HIM.
21. HAVEN'T 'IOU ,
HEARD THAT THE
SACRED FIRE
GUARDED BVA
SERPENTAT
NIGHT? THE
SERPENT WILL 1:I!.!=~l!!I!!'!..l:,:
BITE 'IOU IF
YOU GO NEAR
THE FIRE.
22. WileN liE WENT IM'IOE TilE ROOM, HE
[;/IW 8(/0011/1 SITTINe PE/ICEFULLV. Tile
LleIIT FROM TilE FIRE S'IIONE GW111[;'
F/iCE.
26. MY CHILD ALL THAT IS BORN.
MUST DIE ONE DAY. THERE IS
ULTIMATELY NOTHING BUT
SORROW IN LIFE.
IT IS FREEDOM V
FROM DESIRE
THAT FREES US
FROM SORROW.
30. DEW/DATTA F ELT <./E/ILOt/,f> OF Bt/DD/I/I. /IE WENT 70
/lND /VIET /I<.//lT.4S.4TRU, SON OF K,wG' BIMBIS-.4R.4.
31.
32.
33. TWELVE HUNDRED
PEOPLE! NOT A
m~;t;:l~" SOUNO OF HUMAN
HABITATION HERE!!
HAVE YOU BROUGHT
ME HERE TO BE
KILLED? IS IT A
PLOT 9F YOURS?
34. TItE MEN C'IIRRWIV6'OEVIIMTT/1
KEPT OOWN TItE UTTER ,<7NO
WENT TO REFRESIt
TItEMSELVE.9.
I AM DI/ING.
BUT NOW I
KNOW THAT
BUDDHA IS
INDEED THE
. ENLIGHTENED
ONE-THE
TEACHER
OF ALL. I
TAKE REFUGE
IN HIM.
B(/OOIl,<7 LtVEO T O,<7 RIPE OLO 1leE. MILLlOIVS TOOK REFtI6E
IN I{/M IINO IN illS TE,<7ClIllVe6'. PEOPLE. WIIO SPOKE
o/FFERENT LIIN6(//lBES ,<7IVO BELOlVeEO TO OIST,<7NT
LANOS BEC'IIME illS FOLLOWERS-