Buddhist Philosophy: Draming of the queen

Draming of the queen

10:37 AM | by Thawmamonstars

There was once a king named Suddhodana and a queen named Mahamaya who lived in the city of Kapilavastu in the sixth century B.C.

One day, as the queen was resting in her palace, she dreamt that a white elephant carrying a white lotus in its trunk entered her right side.

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