TOP: The recumbent Buddha entering
parinirvana, from an eighteenth-
century Tibetan thang ka. The Art
Archive/Musée Guimet Paris/Dagli
Orti (A). Reproduced by permission.BOTTOM: Prince Siddhartha
encounters a corpse on an outing
beyond the palace walls, a decisive
episode in the life of the Buddha.
Chinese, 1818, hand-colored
woodblock print. The British Library.
Reproduced by permission.3rd REVISED
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