King Kosala & his strange dreams

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King Kosala & his strange dreams

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and the Buddha's interpretation...

Dream fourteen :
Tiny frogs, no bigger than miniature flowerets were perusing huge snakes and devouring them.

When the world is coming to an end, the men would be so lustful that they would do anything to keep their wives happy. Their intense passion would lead them to hand over their every valuable possession to the wives. The wives would become in charge of the houses. These abusing wives would make the husbands their slaves without any saying and would treat them as their servants like the tiny frogs eating up the huge snakes in the dream.

Dream five :
I saw an extraordinary horse which had two mouths on either side of its head being fed on both sides at once. It was eating greedily.

Dear King, when the world is nearing its end, the rulers that come to power are so irresponsible, they appoint greedy men to the high chair of law. These deceitful judges, blind to the truth and honesty, take bribes from both parties like the voracious horse with two mouths.

Dream sixteen :
Goats chased wolves and ate them. At the sight of the goats, wolves would runaway and hide themselves in the wood, screaming with fear.

When the world is declining, the low-born, who’ve gained nobility because of the coward rulers, would demand the estates and titles of the true nobility. When the real nobles go to law for justice, they would be beaten and tortured and taken by the throat and would be thrown away with words of scorn. The terrified nobles would hand over their property to the lowly minions and hide themselves in fear like the wolves in the dream. Similarly, the corrupted evil monks would abuse and harass the modest virtuous monks who would flee from temples to the jungle.

Dream six :
Some people were holding a golden bowl which was worth a fortune. They were begging an old fox to urinate in it, and the horrible beast did just that.

Dear King, in the remote future, the corrupt rulers even though they are from nobility, mistrusting the sons of their nobles, give priority to the lowest- born in the country; thus, reducing the noble heritage to rubble and lifting up the low-born. Unsurprisingly, the ruined nobles would give their daughters in marriage to this ill-bred new rich to survive; which is like the old fox’s urinating into the golden bowl.


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