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117. The Bodhisatta And A Lie

Once upon a time, there was a king named Apacara. He reigned over the kingdom of Ceti, in the city of Sotthivati. He was endowed with four supernatural faculties – he could walk aloft and pass through the air, he had four angels in each of the four quarters to defend him with drawn swords, he diffused the fragrance of the lotus from his mouth. His family priest was named Kapila. This brahmin’s younger brother, Korakalamba, had been taught along with the king by the same teacher and was the king’s playmate. When Apacara was prince, he promises to make Korakalamba his family priest when he became king. At his father’s death he became king, but he could not depose Kapila from the position of family priest. When Kapila came to wait on him, he showed him special forms of honor.