The Buddha in Life and Art by Nigel Cameron

No memorial throughout history has towered higher than the many monuments to Buddha spread across Asia. The serene form and aspect of these gentle giants represents the attainment of all we seek to be. We stand in awe of their massive passivity, and we wonder at the hands that fashioned wood, stone and metal into such sublime grace. Pursuing their daily life beneath that gaze, those who dwell in the heartland of Buddhist Asia feel thay draw their spiritual livelihood from a deeper source.