A monk begins a long pilgrimage to find the Buddha. He devotes many years to his search. Finally, he reaches the land where the Buddha was said to live. While crossing the river to this country, the monk looks around as the boatman rows. He notices something floating towards them. As it gets nearer, he realizes that it is the corpse of a person. The corpse drifts so close that he can almost touch it. The man, suddenly, recognizes the dead body. The corpse is his own! He losses all control and wails at the sight of himself, still and lifeless, drifting along the river currents. That moment was the start of his liberation.