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In '''The Past Endeavour of Kanakavarna''' (Skt. ''Kanakavarṇapūrvayoga''; Tib. གསེར་མདོག་གི་སྔོན་གྱི་སྦྱོར་བ། [[Wyl.]] ''gser mdog gi sngon gyi sbyor ba'') the Buddha Shakyamuni illustrates the power of [[generosity]] by narrating a distant past life as a magnanimous king named Kanakavarna, who ruled over the entire continent of [[Jambudvipa]]. While faced with a devastating famine, this [[bodhisattva]] king decided to offer the last bit of food left in Jambudvipa—which had been kept especially for him—to a [[pratyekabuddha]]who had come to his palace begging for alms. As a result of King Kanakavarna’s selfless gift, the whole continent was miraculously showered with all possible foods and goods, and the people of Jambudvipa were saved. In addition to this immediate fruit of the king’s meritorious deed, a further fruit of the king’s good deed is implied when the Buddha discloses King Kanakavarna’s identity at the end of the story. The king’s generosity would reach full [[karma|karmic fruition]] in his perfect [[enlightenment|awakening]] in a future life as the [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]. .<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref>

==Text==
The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the ''[[General Sutra]]'' section of the Tibetan [[Dergé Kangyur]], [[Toh]] 350

*English translation: {{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh350.html| The Past Endeavour of Kanakavarna }}

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