Looking at the people kneeling, from the side, you can't see the buddha, and, looking at the buddha, you only see the peoples' backs.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
buddha himself is a specimen and model of self-absorption, consummation, perfection, or exaltation rather than a deity, or even a prophet.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
He wanted to meditate on coruscating city life as the buddha of Bangkok.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills