‘A center to thy revolving centuries, an end to they endeavours, which is Freedom of the Spirit,- it helped to bind thy people in a common bond of hope, to strengthen them with the power of a single-pointed devotion to one Dharma, one Sangha, and one immortal Teacher. Let those words, potent with an inexhaustible creative urge,

ever direct thee to the adventures of the new ages…’ (To Siam, Rabindranath Tagore, Bangkok, October, 1927)