The Bodhisatta's Sacrifice
The Bodhisatta, still standing in the river, folded his hands tortoise-wise and took the charm, and saluting his mother cried, “Goodbye, mother.”
The Yakkha said, “If you do not return, my son, I can
…r with a funeral pyre and returns to Benares with his father. Upon his arrival, he demonstrates his skills in tracking, catches the attention of the king, and is hired for a daily wage of a thousand pieces …