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The boy had no knowledge of his father and had been under the impression that he had no father othe r than Sh uddhodhana. On the seventh day after the Buddha' s arri val in Kapilavastu, Ya shodhara dress ed Rahul a as a prince and sent him to his father to ask for his inheritance. " I 41 The re is the storyo f Prasenajit, the powerful ruler of Ko sala. Once, Prasenajit was making preparations for a grand animal sacrifice . The Budd ha went to the hall of sacrifice and pleaded for the animals. King Prasenajit listened to him and was converted to the path of ahimsa shown by the Master.
As a girl she had becom e at ollower of the Buddh a alo ng with her fat her and hi s entire household. When she grew up, Vishakha was married to P urn avarth ana, the son of another ric h banker, Migara, also of Shravasti. Migara was not a follo wer of the Buddha.. He was, in fact, a Jain an d was not even sympathetic to the Buddha and his teachings. When the Bud dh a came to Shravasti Vishakha wanted to invite him to the house. ' But Migara would not agree. "Don't you know that he has made many young men renounce the world and become mon ks.
So when Shuddhodhana heard that the Buddha was preaching at Rajagriha he sent one of his trusted ministers with a thousand men to invite him to Kapilavastu. The minister and his men arrived when the Buddha was preaching to a large gathering of people. They joined the crowd to hear the Master. They were so carried away with the sermon th at they were con verted at once. They renoun ced the world and became monk s. Becoming totally detached from the worl d, they forgot the purpose of their visit.