There was a daughter of the millionaire. She was a moral person. She would like to renounce worldly life. Although she repeatedly asked her parents, they did not allow her to became a monk because their family was rich and she is the only child of them. When she grew up, she was married and [...]
[Continued from the previous part ...] On those days, the Buddha once was a hog deer. He was a leader of one thousands hog deers. He had two sons, Lukkana and Kala. When he got old, he called his two sons and said “My sons. Now I’m old. It’s time for you to rule our [...]
Devadatta once asked the Buddha for something and was rejected. He revenged by persuading five hundreds monks to stay with him at another country. When the Buddha knew that all five hundreds monks had succeeded high level of meditation, the Buddha called Saribudra and Mokkallana, two Buddhist saints, to preach them and call them back. [...]
In those days, there was a Brahmin who was born in high rank family. He realized the disadvantage of desires so he renounced his position, went into Himmapan forest to become a hermit and practice meditation. After he had succeeded the highest level of meditation, he accepted many disciples until he had five hundreds disciples. [...]
While some monks was talking about the Buddha’s priesthood, the Buddha said “I’ve not only become a priest in this life.” The monks asked the Buddha to reveal this story, so the Buddha told his story as follows: In those days, there was a king named Makadeva, who ruled the throne morally. One day, he [...]