Proclaim the truth
To all the world.
Truth will bring salvation.
Glory to the truth!
Chorus of Angels as above.
[Lotus flowers rain down thicker and thicker, clouds cover the scene, but the Buddha under the Bodhi tree remains still dimly but sufficiently visible.]
Yasodhara wakes up. She rises and lights a candle from a rush lamp. She kneels with clasped hands before the vision of the Buddha.
Y. Oh Siddhattha, my Lord and Husband, no longer my Husband, but the Buddha. In thee I take my refuge. In thee and thy word, I believe. Thy doctrine shall guide me. Accept me as thy faithful disciple, a disciple of the Buddha, my Lord, the Tathagata, the great thinker, the Saviour of mankind.
[Curtain.]
SECOND INTERLUDE.
Living pictures accompanied by appropriate music to introduce the Third Act.
1. The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness.