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The ascetics saw that the alms are pure and faultless. The donor is also pleased and devoted. One of them extended his alms-bowl
Mother! If want to give please put it in this bowl.
The milkmaid affectionately poured curd in the bowl.
Bhagavan continued
Shalibhadra! Try to recall. In your previous
birth you were a cowherd's son named Sangam. This Dhanna was your mother.
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Collecting alms ascetic Shalibhadra came to Bhagavan, showed him the bowl and asked
Bhante! You had I said that I will get alms from my mother but I did not get any alms from my mother's house. Nobody even recognized us.
Bhadra! The old milkmaid who gave you curd is your mother from your previous birth.
The incidents from his previous birth came live in ascetic Shalibhadra memory
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