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There are two ways to understand Buddha: one, through Buddhist principles; the other, by understanding Buddha's life. The first path is for scholars, for exegetes. Entering Buddha through the events of his life is the path of the common people. This path of the common people is what has preserved Buddha. Kannadiga Narayana's 'Buddhayana' is a model that journeys with the common people. This journey attempts to show us the greatest embodiment of humanity by clarifying the images of Buddha that have unknowingly entered our emotional fabric. This journey of the Buddha narrative is such that it cleanses and moistens our expectations and beliefs about life. In the narrative of the compassionate one who was trapped in the 'bondage of love' while searching for salvation, there is guidance of affection that can be an answer to the crises of this time. Buddha is a moonlit sea in the form of humanity, and Kannadiga Narayana is showing us that sea in miniature. The specialty of this novel is that without forgetting oneself in the beauty and grandeur of the sea, it also shows the streams that formed the Buddha ocean. The challenges, distress, hunger, tears, opposition, and immeasurable love encountered on the path of Buddha all appear like reflections of our own lives, making the work intimate. The Buddha here is not a deity; he is a pinnacle that an ordinary human can reach through the path of love. Through the story of the mendicant of love, the novelist Kannadiga's narrative has turned to a new angle; the language of 'Buddhayana' also embodies the simplicity of the great guru. Raghunath