The Light of Asia

'Unless we can engage the positive emotions in our spiritual life -- unless our imagination is set on fire -- we will make little or no progress in that life.' Sangharakshita

This inspiring poem by Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), though written more than a hundred years ago, retains the power to move us in a way that no prose rendering of the life of the Buddha can. We cannot but admire the courage, determination, and self-sacrifice of the Indian prince who, out of compassion, left his palace...