Tao Te Ching

“And there he did abide [the Buddha] leading a life of great hardship and sanctity, and keeping great abstinence, just as if he had been a Christian. Indeed, and had he but been so, he would have been a great saint of Our Lord Jesus Christ, so good and pure was the life he led.”

— Marco Polo 1254 – 1324 CE
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from Travels of Marco Polo