With a begging bowl - DailyNews

The return of the Buddha to Kapilavatthu was not announced with drums or banners. The Vinaya records it with a sense of inevitability. Having attained Enlightenment and established the Order, the Teacher entered his native land. Here was not some prince to reclaim his throne. Here was a sage with a discipline embodied.

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