011.2 – Lukkana (part 2)

[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 [...]

011.1 – Lukkana (part 1)

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. [...]

010 – Divine happiness

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. [...]

009 – Makadeva the king

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 [...]

008 – Kamani

[This story will be repeated with more detail in chapter 462] One day, while the Buddha was in the Jetawan temple, he knew that one monk would give up his attempt to be enlighten. So he told the story of Kamani as follows: Kamani is the youngest brother of one hundred sons of the king. [...]