It is related that Sakyamuni [the historical.... : Quote by Peter Matthiessen

“ It is related that Sakyamuni [the historical Buddha] once dismissed as of small consequence a feat of levitation on the part of a disciple, and cried out in pity for a yogin by the river who had spent twenty years of his human existence learning to walk on water, when the ferryman might have taken him across for a small coin. ”

Peter Matthiessen
  • From : The Snow Leopard
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