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121. The Bodhisatta And Doctrine Of Patience
Once upon a time king of Kasi named Kalabu reigned at Benares. At that time the Bodhisatta came to life in a brahmin family endowed with eighty crores of treasure, in the form of a youth named Kundakakumara And when he was of age, he acquired a knowledge of all the sciences at Takkasila and afterwards settled down as a householder.
On the death of his parents, looking at his pile of treasure he thought: “My kinsmen who amassed this treasure are all gone without taking it with them. Now, it is for me to own it and is my turn to depart.” Then he carefully selected persons, who by virtue of their alms-giving deserved it, and gave all his wealth to them, and entering the Himalayas he adopted the ascetic life.