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267. The Bodhisatta As Dhamma

Once upon a time, when Brahamadatta was king in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born into the word of sense as one of the gods, and was named Dhamma, or Right, while Devadatta was called Adhamma, or Wrong.

As on the fast-day of the full moon, in the evening when meals were done, men were sitting in enjoyment each at his own house-door in village and city and royal capital, Dhamma appeared before them, poised in the air, in his celestial, chariot mounted, and adorned with celestial array, in the midst of a multitude of nymphs, and thus addressed them: