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277. The Bodhisatta As Naked Ascetic

Once upon a time, ninety one aeons ago, the Bodhisatta set himself to examine into the false asceticism. So he became a recluse.

According to the Naked Ascetics, he covered his body with dust, lived solitary and lonely, ran away like a deer from the face of men; his food was small fish, cowdung, and other refuse. In order that his vigil might not be disturbed, he took up his abode in a thicket in the jungle.