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67. The Bodhisatta – As A Stone Cutter

Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born a stone cutter. Growing up, he became expert in working stones. Now in the Kasi country there lived a very rich merchant who had amassed forty crores in gold. And when his wife died, so strong was her love of money that she was re-born a mouse and lived over the treasure.