Lord of Light
“This was in the days when the thread of destiny might yet be plucked from out a gutter, the gods were less formal, the demons still bound, and the Celestial City yet occasionally open to men. This is the story of how the prince did bait the one-armed receiver of devotions before the Temple, incurring the disfavor of Heaven for his presumption. . .Few are the beings born again among men; more numerous are those born again elsewhere. Anguttara-nikaya (I, 35)Riding into the capital of dawn at mid-...afternoon, the prince, mounted upon a white mare, passed up the broad avenue of Surya, his hundred retainers massed at his back, his adviser Strake at his left hand, his scimitar in his sash, and a portion of his wealth in the bags his pack horses bore.The heat crashed down upon the turbans of the men, washed past them, came up again from the roadway.A chariot moved slowly by, headed in the opposite direction, its driver squinting up at the banner the chief retainer bore; a courtesan stood at the gateway to her pavilion, studying the traffic; and a pack of mongrel dogs followed at the heels of the horses, barking.The prince was tall, and his mustaches were the color of smoke.MoreLess
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