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127. The Bodhisatta And His Cunning Brother

Once upon a time when Brahmdatta was reigning in Benares. The Bodhisatta was born in a merchant’s family worth eight crores. When he grew up, at his parents’ death he provided for his younger brother and carried on the house: he made an alms-chamber at the house-door and lived as a householder giving much in alms. One son was born to him; and when the son could walk on his feet, he saw the misery of desires and the blessing of renunciation, so handing over all his wealth together with his wife and child to his younger brother, he became an ascetic, and gaining the Faculties and Attainments he dwelt in the Himalaya.