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119. The Bodhisatta And Change Of Name

Once upon a time the Bodhisatta was a teacher of world wide fame at Takkasila and five hundred young Brahmins learn the Vedas from his lips. One of these young men was named Base. And from continually hearing his fellows say, “Go, Base” and “Come, Base,” he longed to get rid of his name and to take a good name. So he went to his master and asked that a new name of a respectable character might be given to him. The master said, “Go! my son, and travel through the land till you have found a name you fancy. Then come back and I will change your name.”