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164. The Bodhisatta And The Eight Sounds

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born in a Brahmin family worth eighty crores. When he grew up he learned the arts at Takkasila. After his parents’ death he reviewed all their treasures, got rid of all his wealth by way of charity, forsook desires, went to the Himalaya and became an ascetic and entered on mystic meditation.