“Father, which is the greater ruler: he who rules a small kingdom through power, or he who rules the whole world through love? Your son, who renounced a crown, has conquered all, for he has conquered an enemy to whom all bow. You wished for a son to give you security in your old age, but what son can guarantee security from changes of fortune, from illness, from age itself, from death? I have brought you instead a treasure no other can offer: the dharma, an island in an uncertain world, a lamp in darkness, a sure path to a realm beyond sorrow.”
