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ple. These days, the Ksatriya caste is more respected; so I shall be born in this caste. King Suddho - dhana would be my father. '
Analysing the nature and behaviour mother, he thought as follows:
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'The mother of the Buddha is free from restlessness and addictions to drinking, etc. She needs to be one who has been fulfilling the paramitas for innumerable) kalpas, and who, since her birth, practises the pancasilas without a break. Queen Mahamaya fulfils these conditions very admirably. her be my mother. '
So let
But when he considered the remaining part of her life-span, he found that she had only 10 months and 7 days more at her disposal on this earth.
Having considered the five items and made his selections, he made the following announcement:
"This is time for me to be the Buddha. "
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The gods were delighted to hear this, and then they deparThen in the company of the other gods of the Tusitloka, he entered into the park named Nandana. There (in the park) they enjoyed a promenade in the course of which the gods reminded the Bodhi-sattva of the coveted exismove out from tence that he would attain after he would there (Tusit-loka), and of the states he would experience because of his pious karma in the past.
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Thereafter he descended from there to enter into the womb of Queen Mahāmāyā.
Dreams of the Queen At that time, all the residents of Kapilavastu were celebrating the Asaḍha festival. (It started a week before the full moon night). At the commencement of the week, she decorated herself with wreaths and On the perfumes, and participated in the celebrations. seventh (last) day, she got up in the morning and took her bath with scented water. She offered alms amounting to a After total of 4 lakhs. Then she took very delicious food.
