Soon Well-born heard about this unusual man. Even though she had been reborn, she still had the habit of following the Five Training Steps. So she thought, This man must have come to find me.
She went to him and asked for the golden cucumbers. He said, Do you follow the Five Training Steps? Have you given up destroying life, talking what is not given, doing wrong in sexual ways, speaking falsely, and losing your mind from alcohol? She answered, Yes, sir, I do follow these steps, and I am peaceful and happy
Then the old man said, I brought these cucumbers especially for you, to encourage you to gain more merit and future happiness. So he left the cart of golden cucumbers with her, and returned to the Heaven of 33.
Throughout the rest of her life, the woman was very generous with all this gold. Spreading her happiness to others, she gained merit. After she died, she was reborn as the daughter of the King of the Asuras. She grew up to be a goddess of great beauty. To the Asuras this seemed like a miracle, since the rest of them were the ugliest of all the gods.
The Asura king was pleased with his daughters goodness, as well as her famous beauty. He gathered all the Asuras together and gave her the freedom to choose a husband.
Sakka, King of the Heaven of 33, knew of the latest rebirth of the one who had been his wife Well-born, then a crane, and then a potters daughter. So he came down to the lower heaven world and took the shape of an ordinary ugly Asura. He thought, If Well-born chooses a husband whose inner qualities of wholesomeness are the same as hers, we will be reunited at last!
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