Sandalwood Buddha

Everyone must make the journey to the West, all for the sake of delivering salvation to the beloved who cannot help but pause and look back, even by the banks of the River of Forgetfulness. Gazing at his faintly smiling eyes, he heard him say that he didn't want it. He didn't want him to save him. He didn't want eternity after eternity. He wanted only a lifetime with him. He said, "Lingchanzi, I..." He smiled and replied, "I know..." But what did knowing matter? He couldn't give him any answer. If we weren't here, perhaps I would have said those three words that had been lodged in my heart.