The king said: ‘Is it possible, Nāgasena, for others to know how incomparable the Buddha is?’
‘Yes, they may know it.’
‘But how can they?’
‘Long, long ago, O king, there was a master of writing, by name Tissa the Elder, and many are the years gone by since he has died. How can people know of him?’
‘By his writing, Sir.’
‘Just so, great king, whosoever sees what the Truth is, he sees what the Blessed One was, for the Truth was preached by the Blessed One.’
‘Very good, Nāgasena!’