《Toh 314 (Kangyur)》
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Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas! Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was staying in Śrāvastī, in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park. At that time there was a brahmin named Kambala from a mountain village in the country known as Trigarta. Desiring a son for himself and his kinsmen, Kambala undertook austerities at a place called Brahmin’s Flat Stone. After praying to one hundred thousand gods for a son, he eventually had a boy whom he called Pradarśa. To his brother was born another boy, who was called Nanda. On the very day Pradarśa was born, five hundred sons were born to five hundred brahmins. As they gradually grew older, Pradarśa and the five hundred other boys trained together in the traditional subjects of learning. Soon Pradarśa and the others attained mastery and dexterity in all fields of learning, and they obtained a hundred thousand exceptional enjoyments due to their perfect accumulations of merit. At that time, a brahmin youth arrived from the Middle Country and encountered the boys. Welcoming him, the boys struck up a conversation and asked, “So, where have you arrived from?” “I’m from the Middle Country,” he replied. “There we have six great cities,…
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