Er. Kukku JAtaka (1.396) On the occasion of giving a teaching to the king, the Buddha related the story of his previous birth as the counsellor to King Brahmadatta who at that time was an unjust ruler. After waiting a long time for a tactful opportunity to correct the king's ways, one day the two visited a bu

concluded briefly, but AnAthapiAlika invited him to give more detail. The Buddha thus revealed the story of the past as follows: In the past, when King Brahmadatta reigned in Benares, the Bodhisattva was born as a millionaire, inheriting a fortune of 40 million from his father. Ile had only one child — a son.