Vakkali Sutta...

"For a long time, Lord, I have wanted to come and set eyes on the Blessed One, but I had not the strength in this body to come and see the Blessed One."

"Enough, Vakkali! What is there to see in this vile body? He who sees Dhamma, Vakkali, sees me; he who sees me sees Dhamma. Truly seeing Dhamma, one sees me; seeing me one sees Dhamma."


Gautama the Buddha
Vakkali Sutta, SN 22.87 PTS: S iii 119 CDB i 938
translated from the Pali by
Maurice O'Connell Walshe