කදිරවනයේ රේවත මහ රහතුන් / Kadirawane Rēvatha - Life of a great Arihath in brief скачать в хорошем качестве

කදිරවනයේ රේවත මහ රහතුන් / Kadirawane Rēvatha - Life of a great Arihath in brief

After Prince Revatha's three elder brothers and three elder sisters were ordained in the Buddha Order, he lived a very happy life. He also possessed great wealth. His mother suggested that he should get married when he was young. That being so, a beautiful princess from a very rich Brahmana family was proposed to him. Both sides agreed for the marriage and the date was fixed. This was a royal wedding. Marriage rituals were performed that day. At last, Prince Revatha got the opportunity to hand over his bride. At that time, the mother of the bride told her daughter something like this. "Daughter, may you live long like your grandmother!" Revatha heard this story. He told the relatives of the family that he wanted to see his bride's grandmother. Accordingly, Revatha was able to see that grandmother. He was shocked by that. She was 120 years old and was sick and crouched in bed. Prince Revatha asked the following question from the people there. "Will this ever happen to this princess whom I married today?" Everyone said that one day your princess will get old like this and get sick and die in the end. Later, Revatha started the ride, back to his village with her bride. There was no joy in his heart. It seemed to him that this princess, who is beautiful today, will be a sick old woman in the future. He realized that the path his brothers and sisters had chosen was the right one. By some trick, he got down from his wedding carriage and immediately ran through the massive forest without looking back. He ran and became a monk in the Buddha Order. With time he became a great 'Maha Rahath'. He did not come out of the forest until his great funeral too. He was entitled "Kadiravane Revatha" in the Gouthama Buddha Shasana.