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"And when little Siddhartha was five days old, his father Suddhodana invited a hundred brahmins to a feast, so that they could examine the baby's body for marks which would foretell his future. Eight of the brahmins concluded that the child had a glorious future: he would either become a Buddha, who achieved the supreme spiritual enlightenment, or a Universal King, a hero of popular legend, who, it was said, would rule the whole world. He would possess a special divine chariot; each one of its four wheels rolled in the direction of one of the four quarters of the earth. This World Emperor would walk through the heavens with a massive retinue of soldiers, and would "turn the Wheel of Righteousness," establishing justice and right-living throughout the cosmos...
And throughout Gotama's life, he had to confront this alternative destiny. The image of the cakkavatti (Univesal Monarch) would become his symbolic alter ego, the oppositeof everything that he did finally achieve. The cakkavatti might be powerful and his reign could even be beneficial to the world, but he is not a spiritually englightened man, since his career depends entirely upon force. One of the brahmins, whose name was Kondanna, was convinced that little Siddhartha would never become a cakkavatti. Instead, he would renounce the comfortable life of the householder and become a Buddha who would overcome the ignorance and folly of the world." |
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