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THE MOTHER        THE CH/L0 TO 7HE PAL/ICE. G4<9£ /9S/7% CAME TO THE PALACE TO SEE THE 8ABV. j
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I SEE TEARS IN YOUR EVES, SASE ASITA. WHY ARE YOU UNHAPPY?
THIS BOY WILL BE A KING OF KINGS...OR A GREAT SAfNT. I AM CRYING BECAUSE I WILL NOT LIVE TO HEAR HIS GREAT WORPS.
eOTH THE /WD THE &OEEM WERE HHPPV. OA/ THE E/ETH &)</—
LET US NAME HIM SIPPHARTHA.
AIMP WE WILL SEE THAT HE ^BECOMES A KING OF KINGS AND NOT A SAINT
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tMMEDSATELV AETER-WARDQ THEQOEEM 8ECAM£ PE&OV&e//LL.
OH THE QEVEMTH        AETEG THE 8/RTH OF &/00HA&THA
/>G> SiOOmßTm GREW, TH£ MNS /t/VX/OC/g AßCK/T 77VE
OWE DMA€ (VAĹ.AC//VG ALO/VG //V 7HE GAČOE/V-
GEA/TLV #£MO£f£0 T#E /W£> TEA/DEZ? TO
THE 8/&0'& SOME T/ME l/)TE/Z-
rrWAS DEIA4£?/)TT/I,
DEVAPATTA! IT 18 I SUCH A LOVELY BIRD. WHV DO VOU WISH TO HARM IT?
THE MATTER WAS TAKEAf W TtfECOMST-
SIR. IF PHAD NOT REMOVED THE ARROW, THE BIRP WOULD HAVE PIEP. THE BIRD OWES ITS LIFE TO ME.SHOULD THE BIRD BELONG TO
" THE ONE WHO TOOK ITS LIFE OR TO THE ONE WHO SAVE IT LIFE?
THANK YOU,
JUDGES.
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T//E AQ8EM8LE0 WEGE Hl/KT &</ CWO/CE. 7NEV
APPROACHED
SIP, VOU SHOUUv HOLP A TEST IN ARCHERV. THE PRINCESS SHOl/LC BE GIVEN IN MARRIAGE TO THE WfNNER.
cmmfvm t&ed to perswde
H/P DAU6HTE&.
VASHOPHARA! CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE AS VOUR HUSBANP.
FATHER, I HAVE MAPE MV CHOICE. PLEASE A6REE TO IT.
WHY ARE VOU SAP?
whew the a/ew& reached k/a/e
fathfe? fsX    I mmhop/wa,
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THE PEOPLE PONT THINK VOU ARE A SOOP WARRIOR.
I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. YOUR ANCESTORS WERE GREAT WARRIORS, SIPPHARTHA.
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\\\T IS SIDPHARTHA * HAS WON IN
HORSE-RIPIN6.
Q/DPtw&rm./WD weHQDMAčA we&£ m#ßg/£d mm sge4t pomp.
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THE K/MG Tß/Eü HtQeE€T TO PßOWDE /ILL TME COME0&TQ ÔE LfEE TO Q/DDHA&Tm.  II t^B^U^a -M-
80OH, W SO/V BOR/V TO THE/19. K//V6 S>UDDHOD/)/V/) PLEASED WHEN HEHEARD THE MEWS.:,
OA/EDAV-
FATHER, I WOULD LIKE TO 60 OUT OF THE PALACE AND SEE MORE OF THE WORLP.
I WILL ORPER A CHARIOT FOR VOU AFTER fT IS REACV, VOU CAN GO OUT
A FEW DAVS LATER, f/V A EEAUT/EVL CHAR/OT &V/TH EOOR HORSES DRtVEM 8V CHAN/M, S/DDHARTHA DROt/E THROV6H THE STREETS* I OE THE C/T</.   fc^v-.^"wwj-t—J
HOW HANPSOME
THE PRINCE IS.
I HAVE HEARP, HE IS BRAVE ANP FEARLESS.
/N ~7W£ C/7V, A7/VG  SUDDHOP/M/)   M£> Q&OE&ED /I/.L 8/G//7V 0/= WMQPP//VEQ& TO BE KEPT /M/W fiW S/P0M/)&TH/}. 3(/T/í8 WE DZOI/E FURTHER-
IS HE THE ONLV DEAD MAN? OR DO OTHERS ALSO PIE?
EVERYONE WHO IS BORNj, HAS TO DIE SOME CAY.
CW Ttt£ WW BACK-
, STOP, CHANNAIl [WHO IS THAT? i HE LOOKS CALM AND DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER MEN I HAVE SEEN.
I FEEL
SICK, CHANNA. LET US RETURN TO THE dai are
AT THE PALACE-
SIDPHARTHA! PLEASE TELL ME THE CAUSE OF
* VOUR UNHAPPINESS!
MOTHER, f HAVE LEARNT THAT ALL THIN6G
ALIVE AND BEAUTIFUL KEEP CHAN0IN6. MEN GROW OLD. MEN FALL ILL AND DIE. I FEEL UNHAPPY WHEN I THINK OF THESE THINGS.
fN THEM/DDLE OF THE MGHT, HE MADE THE DEQ/Q/OA/.
MUST FIND A WAV TO END SORROW. I WILL GO IN SEARCH OF TRUTH, LIKE THAT SAINT.
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BEFORE LEAWN6* THE PR/NCE RETURNED TO THE BEDROOM OF H/& W/FE. WSHODWARA AA/L? THE CLL/LO, RAHUL/), WERE F/)£>T APLEEP.
svddhartha moc/a/ted h& h0r&e amd rode oc/t, accommv/ed o/vlv
sv chaava/a.
OHCE THEY WERE 0O7V/DE THE C/TY, S/DDHARTHA GOTDOWH
TAKE ALL My JEWELS AND RETURN TO KAPILAVASTU.
HE THE/V COT0REH/& LOA/G HA/R AA/D WALKED ACOA/E.
CATER HE &AW A BEGGAR.
HALT. MV GOOD MAN/TAKE MV CLOTHES.
ANP GIVE ME MOURG.
eOOW HE REACHED RA(JAGR/HA9 THE CAP/TAL OR MAQADHA. HE WEA/TRRO/k? HOH&E TO HOV&E SYLEAYTO/ WA/T/A/G T/U. THE PEOPLE OEEERED H/M ROOD, R/A/G 8/M3/&ARA OBSERVED H/M PROM HAP
AS SOON AS THE /ME&PEN&ERS &R0&6HT MEWS ABOUT S/DDHAE7HA, R/A/G ß/MS/SARA WENT TO MEET MM.
VOU SEEM TO BE -LON6 TO A NOBLE FAMILY. VOUR HAND SHOULD NOT HOLD A BEGGIN6 BOWL, BUT THE REINS OF AN EMPIRE. I WILL GIVE YOU A HIGH POSITION IN MV KINGDOM. COME
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0 KING, VOU ARE KIND. BUT I CANNOT ACCEPT VOUR INVITATION.
1 FEEL THAT
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OF SORROW. I WISH TO FIND A WAV TO END ALL SORROW.
IF THAT IS VOUR WISH, I PRAY THAT VOU 9|    FIND IT \ !■ PL EASE COME
Akin
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TC A All
ME WHEN VOU HAVE FOUND THE SOLUTION.
EROM RAJASR/HA, S/0DHAR7HA WENT /A/ SEARCH OETHE GREAT
rS OE THOSE OAVS. NOT SAT/SE/EP W/TH THE/R 7EACH/N6S, YE ENTERED THE TH/CR <JUNGLBS OE ÜRÜ8/U/A, NEAR GA</A OE 70DAK
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S/PPH/ÍRTH/? ORAA/K O/VLV J9A/P 4TE 0A/L</ ERO/TP /9/VO HERBS. HE SLEPT OH THE HARP SROt/WP. AFTER SOME T/ME HE ST/9RTEP E4T/H6 OA/0/ OWE HEMO eRja/A/ E!/ER</ €¥}</. TH/9 M/)PE H//W VERV WEAK. O/VE P/}% WHE/V HE H/9£> GO/VE TO 8/)THE //V THE R/l/ER-
FEEL WEAK ^ I DON'T HAVE STRENGTH TO GET UR i
HE C4C/GHT HOLP OEA LOW &R/Í/YCHOE/} TREE /W£> RY1/&EP H//W&ELE ŮV/TH /T& SUPPORT.
ear aq he beoa/v to walk awav
from the 8aa/k, he felt wear a/vp fell. doca//v.
$>LOWLV HE GOT UP
later-
HOW IS IT THAT VOU | HAVE START-J ED EATING FOOD AGAIN?
I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE -THAT STARVING DOES NOT HELP IN REACHING THE TRUTH.
THE F/t/E ASVET/CP WERF D/SAPRO/NTEP.
HE DOES NOT
DESERVE OUR RESPECT.
YES, HE WANTS THE PLEASURES OF LIFE.
S>/D£w/)#tm /VOW l/i/sd £ LONEUS a/EE.
ME MOl/ED TOWmPS 4 BOM/ TREE S/ITßEKE/qm /T.
ME SPENT SEVEN WEERQ UNDER THE TREE ENJOV/NS H/& QTMTE OE PERFECT M/)PP/N£9S>. THEN ME WENT OOT /NTO TNE WORLD TV TE/1CM OTHERS*. E/R&T, ME WENT TO E//N//R/IS1, /A/ SE/9RCH OE THE F/l/E MSCET/CS, WHO WERE W/TH H//W /A/ URU8/Li//}. ME FOOA/E> TMEA9 /A/ DEER PWRAf.
SlDPHARTHA.
"TALK
8UT/)Q SWA/ACHE C/?A?EA/E/)Rt THE/ GOT OP /WD RECE/t/ED H//W MT// RESPECT
\ HAVE COME TO TELL VOU jV
WHAT I HAVE "- **
FOUNP, LISTEN!
/PETER TM/fK ME RETURNED TO ORUB/Ll/M AND WENT TO TME MOOSE OE ATAttPHMPA. /9 GREAT 8RAHMAN.
WHEN THEY HEARD THE SODDMAt TME</ 8ECAME H/S> D/8C/PLE&. TME SAN6HA TMOO CAME /NTO SE/NG,
THERE IS GREAT SORROW IN THIS WORLD. THIS SORROW IS BECAUSE OF DESIRE. IF VOU CAN FREE YOURSELF FROM DESfRE, VOU WILL BE FREE FROM SORROW. I WILL SHOW VOU THE WAV TO REMOVE SORROW FROM THE MIND.
ÍVHEH HE (A/EHT /h9/OE THE ROOM, HE SAW BOPOHA S/TT/We PEACEFULUS. THE L/GHT FROM THE F/RE ffHOHE OHHLS FACE. I-
BUDDHA TAUGHT ATASVHYAPA AWO MAWV OTHERS' /H URUB/U//L
O/VE OAV-
MASTER, I HAVE HEARD THAT KING BfMBfSARA WILL BE CELEBRATING A
LET US GO TO RAJA6RIHA.
OH THE/R WAV TO RAJAQR/HA, THE</ SAW A HERO OF SHEEP. THERE WAQ A LAME LAMS. BUDDHA LtFTEO /T /N H/& ARMS'.
ßfMß&A&A HEARD THATßHDDHA
erne o/v h/s* way to rav?a6R/ha,
HE WEHT FORWARD W/TH H/S1 M//V/&TER& 7V MEET Hm.
HE IS IN THE COMPANY OF
URUBILVA KASSHYAPA. POES THAT MEAN BUPDHA IS DISCIPLE?
WHE/V THEV CAME HEAR, EVDDHA GE/VTLV PL A CEO THE LA/Wß ÜOWH
VOU HAP EXPRESSEP
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HOLY ONE.' I AM ABOUT TO BE6IN A YA6NA. GREAT
KASSHYAPA ANP YOU ARE ALSO WELCOME TO TAKE PART IN IT.
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O KINS, KILLING OF INNOCENT ANIMALS CANNOT BE A GOOD PEEP.
THE WAV TO HAPPINESS DOES NOT LIE IN VA6NA.
THE K/MS TURNED TO MSSmwM.
WHAT HAS THE GREAT I KASSHyAPA TO SA/ ? VOU I ARE KNOWN AS A WORSHIPPER OF
Y
KASSHY/9P/1 BOWED TO soddm4.
I SEE. BUDPHA IS THE TEACHER.
PON'T VOU ALSO BELIEVE IN VAGNA?
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LORD, I HAVE GIVEN UP THE IDEA OF
PERFORMING VA6NA. I TAKE REFUGE IN BUDDHA.
A/EXTDAV* THE R/A/G A/W/TED BUDDHA AND H/S> D/QC/PLES PGR A MEAL ATH/P PALACE, AFTER THE ME/}L WAS OVER-
LORD, I GIVE VENUVANA, MY GARDEN AS A GIFT TO THE SAN6HA. PLEASE ACCEPT IT?
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OA/EDAU, RR/QHA DEAD CH/LD.
GOTAM/   BROUGHT SERORE BUDDHA HER
MASTER, PLEASE BRING IT BACK TO LIFE. IT IS MY |^ ONLY CHILD
CONTROL YOUR GRIEF. DO AS I SAY. GET ME A FEW MUSTARD SEEDS FROM ANY HOUSE, WHERE NO DEATH HAS TAKEN PLACE. AND I *)) WILL BRING
BACK TO LIFE VOUR CHILD.
RROM HOUSE TO MOUSE RRfSHA   GOTAM1 WE/VT
omfiPo//vT£D /tern? gotami
CAME SACK TV
LORD! I COULD NOT F/ND A PLACE WHERE NO DEATH HAS OCCURRED.
MV CHILD ALL THAT IS BORN, MUST DIE ONE DAV. THERE IS ULTIMATELY NOTHING BUT SORROW IN LIFE.f/ ^ ' ^'^m IT IS FREEDOM FROM DESIRE THAT FREES US FROM SORROW.
AETE& A EEtV </&)R&, AT 8UDDHOPAMAV CCmT-
GO TO SIDPHARTHA AND TELL HIM THAT I AM SROW IN6 OLD AND WISH TO SEE HIM BEFORE I DIE.
WHEMBUPDHA REACHED RAP/CAl/ASTU^
WELCOME MV GON! I WISH VOU <t WOULD BECOME ■►^ KING
I AM SORRY. I HAVE CHOSEN THE PATH OF PEACE.
THE RING ARRANGED EOR BUDDHtfQ STAY /A/ A GROUE A/EARSV.
/VEXT MORMN6-
LORP, THE PRINCE IS GOING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE TO RECEIVE ALMS IN THE CITV
QUICK. LEAD METO HIM.
My SON, MUST VOU BEG?
BUT IT IS OUf CUSTOM.
WHAT DO VOU MEAN? VOU ARE PESCENPEP FROM KINGS.
O GREAT KING, VOU CLAIM PE SCENT FROM KINSS. MV PESCENT IS FROM THE BUPPHAS OF OLP. THEV ALvVAVS BESGEP FOR THEIR FOOP ANP LIVEP ON ALMS.
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9HE HAS BEEN VERV UNHAPPY EVER SINCE VOU LEFT SHE HAS CUT HER HAIR, WEARS SIMPLE CLOTHES AND EATS SPARINGLY JUST AS VOU DID.
w/th two opv//<?o/^c/RCES^eoooHA
wea/t to VASHOOHARAV CHAMBER.
MUST TRY TO HEAL THE SORROW IN HER_ HEAR I.
WHEW WQHOPHARA
SAW ef/OOHA.SHE EELL ATH4P EEET AA/P WEPT
THE A/ REMEM8ER/A/6 THAT OTHERS WERE RRES'E/VT, SHE 60TORAA/O SAT AT A C/TTCE D/STAA/CE.
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A WEEK AFTER-8updha CAME TOKAP/LAUASTU.
RAHULA, DO VOU SEE THE MAN SITTING THERE IN THE CENTRE? HE IS VOUR FATHER. GO TO HIM AND ASK FOR YOUR SHARE OF HIS PROPERTY.
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RAHULA WE/VT TO BUDDHA.
FATHER! MV MOTHER SENT ME TO ASK VOU FOR
MV SHARE OF VOUR PROPERTY. --vmr
BUDDHA TURNED TO SAR/-PUTRA, H/S D/SC/PLE.
MV SON ASKS FOR HIS INHERITANCE. WELL THEN, HIM IN THE SANGHA
AFTER RAHULA OOf/VEP THE SA/VOHA, MAHV </OUH& MEM OF THE R09AL EAMLV ALSO UO/ALEO. AMO/VB&T THEM WAS* DEt/ADATTA. HE ALSO MOVED ABOUT MTH BUDDHA, OWEDAV-
MASTER, VOU SHOULD REST. I SHALL LEAD THE
NO, DEWA-DATTA THE SANGHA STILL NEEDS MV GUIDANCE.
PEMPETTA FELT UEALOOS1 OE SUPPMA. ME 6VEA/T TO /^tW/W A/VP MET AcJATAS'AT#C/,$OrtOE AT/VG &M8/$A#fl.
PRINCE A J ATASATRU! HOW LONG CAN VOU WAIT TO BECOME A KING? PUTVOUR FATHER IN PRISON AND BE A
KIN© Yf YOURSELF. //
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THEROCR SRLfT/NTO TWO ANP A R/ECE FELL ON E/THER &DE OF 800PHA.
MANY OF PEI/APATTA'S FOLLOWERS CAME TO UO/N THE SANGHA OF SOVOHA.
THE ROCK DID NOT KILL HIM.
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HE LOOKS FRAtL, BUT HE IS GREAT. LET US GO TO HIM.
VET
ANOTHER
SATRU
INTOXICATE THE ELE, PHANT NALAGIRI, i ORPER A AND THEN LET FROM Bra HIM LOOSE AJATA- m^&i   IN THE Zffl PATH OF BUDDHA.
RUN, RUN, NALAGIRI IS FREE. HE HAS RUINED
HALF THE TOWN ALREADY. TWENTy MEN
HAVE BEEN KILLED,
MASTER, LET US HIDE. A WILD ELEPHANT IS COMING THIS WAY.
I
NO, HE WON'T
HARM US.
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NALA6W CANfE THUMP/H6 ALONG AND GUSHED BUDDHA /NA MAP FU&V.
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ßt/DPHA SMftED AMP &A/&ED A/& HAND. THE ELEPHANT, AT ONCE CALMED, KNELT AT H/9 FEET.
AtJATA&AT&C/ WAS AN ONHAPPV MAN. NE FELL ILL OFTEN. J/l/AKA WA&N/S PHVb'tC/AM,
JIVAKA, WHV DO I SUFFER?
YOUR AILMENT
IS NOT PHySlCAL
ONLV BUDDHA CAN HELP
you.
IN THE AMRAVANA, AT VAlSHALLl
..WHICH BELONGS TO AMRAPALL THE COURTESAN?
VES,My LORD! AMRAPALI HAS SIFTED IT TO BUPPHA.
Mi 3 W
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WHEN AJATASWT&/&EACW-
ED AMftAVAWA-
IHEARP NO SOUND. WHERE IS BUPPHA
HE IS HERE WITH OVER TWELVE HUNDRED DISCIPLES.
ajatasatrlts m/a/d
TROUBLE? HfM.
TWELVE HUNDRED
PEOPLE! NOT A SOUNQ OF HUMAN HABITATION HERE//1 HAVE YOU BROUGHT] ME HERE TO BE KILLED? IS IT A PLOT OF VOURS?
MY LORP! TRUST ME. LET US SO AHEAD.
aa/o aoatasatro was spell-bova/d whew me saw the assembly oeawea/ l/steaywg qu/etly tv the great teacher.
ALL SUFFERING AND PAIN, FEAR AND HATRED, COME FROM DESIRE. THE MAN WHO IS FREE FROIV) ALL DESIRE, NEEP NOT WORRY. WHOM HAS HE TO FEAR?
ajatasatro became a 0/sc/ple oe boopha.
A/OTMUCH LATER, DEVAPAT7X ALSO REPEA/TEP. OA/E DAY, HE SA/O TV H/S fOLtOWSW-
THE MEN CARRV/H& DEMCATTA REPTDOWN THE UTTER RNP WENT TO REFRESH THEMSEL t/E&
BEFORE RE COULP REACH BUPPHA% RE TOTTFREP A/VD FELL.
AM DVINO. BUT NOW I KNOW THAT BUDDHA IS INDEED THE ENLIGHTENED ONE -THE TEACHER OF ALL. I TAKE REFU6E IN HIM.
BUDDHA L/VEP TO R R/RE OLP ABE. M/LL/ONS TOOR REFUGE /N H/M A/VP //V H/S TEACH/M6S. PEOPLE, WHO SPORE D/FFERE/VT LANGUAGES ANP BELONGED TO D/STRNT LANDS BECAME HA? FOLLOWERS
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