It’s still the rainy season in India, 460 BCE or thereabouts, and the Buddha has been so kind as to grant me another audience. While legend has it that he has total overview of time and space, I think he finds something of value in our conversations, also. I’ve told him I’m a time traveler, and today we’ll start to investigate how his teachings have survived his own death. But first, I want to flesh out his life a little more.

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