As he thought this, his body burned and the sweatkept rolling down. Then he decided once and for all, Itis time to give up the kingship, be ordained as a monk,and practice meditation! Thinking so, he granted theincome of a whole town to the barber. It amounted toone-hundred-thousand per year.
Then the king called his oldest son to him and said,My son, ! have seen a gray hair. I have become old. Ihave enjoyed the worldly pleasures of great wealth andpower. When I die, I want to be reborn in a heaven world,to enjoy the pleasures of the gods. So I will be ordainedas a monk. You must now take the responsibility of rulingthe country. I will live the life of a monk in the forest.
Hearing of this, the royal ministers and the rest ofthe court rushed to the king and said, Our lord, why doyou suddenly want to be ordained?
The king held up the gray hair in his hand and said,My ministers and subjects, I have realized that this grayhair shows that the three stages of life youth, middleage and old ageare coming to an end. This first grayhair was the messenger of death sitting on my head. Grayhairs are like angels sent by the god of death. Therefore,this very day is the time for me to be ordained.
The people wept at the news of his departure. KingMakhadeva gave up his royal life, went into the forest,and was ordained as a monk. There he practiced whatholy men call the Four Heavenly States of Mind. First isloving-kindness, tender affection for all. Second is feelingsympathy and pity for all those who suffer. Third is feelinghappiness for all those who are joyful. And the fourthstate is balance and calm, even in the face of difficultiesor troubles.
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