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money any more. She used the whole 1,000 kahapanas to buy flowers for Sammavadi and the courtesans. Seeing that there were more flowers than usual, the courtesans asked Khujutara whether the king had given her more money than usual. Khujutara admitted the truth that every day King Udena had given her 1,000 kahapanas for flowers and today was no exception - but in the past, she had used only half the money to buy flowers and had embezzled the rest - so the flowers were few. However, today, having heard the teaching of the Buddha about the harm of stealing which causes people to be reborn as animals, monsters [asurakāya], hungry ghosts or as poor people, or as people whose wealth is always destroyed by taxes, thieves, fire, flood or enemies - there would be no more embezzlement for her. She had used all 1,000 kahapanas to buy flowers and that was why there were more than usual. She asked their forgiveness on this occasion. Having attained stream-entry, Khujutara could not even tell a lie any more and had to tell the whole truth illustrating Right Speech at the transcendental level. Abstaining from further embezzlement, illustrates Right Action also at the transcendental level. 4.3 Abstention from Adultery Abstention from adultery on the level of the transcendental path is illustrated by the account from the Dhammadapa of a young man called Khema: Khema was the son of a wealthy banker and was the grandson of Anāthapiṇḍika as well. Khema had, in a