Connections of Love from Past Existences : หน้า 5/62

Chapter 1 Love Connections from Past Existence The love between two people, whether it is love at first sight, or love that slowly blossoms, has a lot to do with their relationships in previous lives. The Lord Buddha explained that love develops from two main causes: the couple may have been husband and wife in previous lives, or have cared for each other in their present life. Take the case of Prince Siddhattha (the Buddha himself, before renouncing the world and entering ordination) and his wife, Princess Bimba. They pursued Perfections (supreme virtues to be performed by one who wishes to attain enlightenment otherwise known as parami) together throughout many past lifetimes. In one lifetime, Siddhattha was born as an ascetic named Sumedha, a Bodhisatta (one who is destined to be a Buddha) who dedicated himself to the pursuit of Perfections. Once upon a time, a Buddha of that epoch named Dipankara and his disciples were passing through a city and approached a large puddle of water in their path. In a virtuous act, Sumedha laid his body across PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com