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Author’s Notes on the Booklet

All illustrations in the booklet have been created by me from public domain images, including photographs taken no later than the early twentieth century.

The plot of the following Dialogues is a product of my imagination.

The poet́s statements are based on fragments of R.M. Rilke’s letter to Witold von Hulewicz dated 13 November 1925. All quotations are in my translation.

All of Gautama Buddhás sayings are taken from a book that was very popular in Europe at the beginning of the last century. Incidentally, this book has survived more than twelve editions! The book in question is The Gospel of Buddha, written by Paul Carus (1852—1919), a brilliant populariser of Buddhism, religious scholar and philosopher. All quotations from this book retain the grammatical features of the original. The full text of The Gospel of Buddha is in the Gutenberg Library.

Speech marks have been removed from the Dialogues to make the text easier to read.

The Dialogues as well as the Reference Section of the booklet are illustrated with graphic works by Olga Kopezky (1870—1928), a remarkable Czech artist. The works were created for the magnificent jubilee edition of The Gospel of Buddha. All images are from the Gutenberg Library.