Closing Passage: The Lama's Salvation

From Kim by Rudyard Kipling
The novel closes with the lama declaring he has found the River of the Arrow and achieved enlightenment, having pulled his soul back from Nirvana for Kim's sake.
Chapter 15

The lama: 'Son of my Soul, I have wrenched my Soul back from the Threshold of Freedom to free thee from all sin--as I am free, and sinless! Just is the Wheel! Certain is our deliverance! Come!' He crossed his hands on his lap and smiled, as a man may who has won salvation for himself and his beloved.

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