The Presence of the Buddha

Hearing these answers,
the deva was overflowing with joy.

Battersea Peace Pagoda, Battersea Park, Wandsworth, SW11

 Then clasping hands, bowed down in respect and
disappeared suddenly from the presence of the Buddha.

From Paul Carus’ The Gospel of Buddha (1894)

The Buddha of Suburbia

“Please remove your watch,” he said.

Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia, Bromley, BR4

“In my domain time isn’t a factor.”

From Hanif Kureishi’s Buddha of Suburbia (1990)