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78. The Bodhisatta – As An Elephant

Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was king of Benares, the Bodhisatta came into this world as an Elephant in the Himalayas. He lived as the head of eighty thousand wild elephants in the forest.

A poor man who lived in Benares, seeing the workers of ivory in the ivory bazaar making bangles and all manner of ivory trinkets, asked them would they buy an elephant’s tusks, if he should get them. To which they answered, Yes.