Buddhist Stories: The Girl Born with a White Silk Cloth, Part 2 of 3 Aug. 28, 2015

At one time, the Buddha was in the Sravasti country. There was a noble rich man who had one daughter. And you can rank her top one or two in the country from all aspects. The moment she was born, she had a piece of white silk wrapped her around her body. The two parents and the girl went to pay obeisance to the Buddha. And then she said, “Obeisance to the World Honored One. The human body is difficult to attain, difficult to have. Please have mercy and accept me to be one of your nuns, so that I can continue to practice the liberating way of Dharma.” And she was very, very diligent in her practice. Not very long after she attained Arhat. Ananda knelt down in front of the Buddha, and asked, “Obeisance to the World Honored One. Tokli Bhiksuni in the former life, what has she sown as good deeds and merit? So that today, in this life she had a chance to meet You, and then practice not too long and became already arhat. Could you please tell us?”