Lamps Unto Themselves

"Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall be lamps unto themselves, relying upon themselves only and not relying upon any external help, but holding fast to the truth as their lamp, and seeking their salvation in the truth alone, and shall not look for assistance to any one besides themselves, it is they, Ananda, among my bhikkhus*, who shall reach the very topmost height! But they must be anxious to learn."


---The Gospel of Buddha (1894), by Paul Carus---

*Monks