[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Avadāna and jātaka literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana) › [Śrīguptasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra) › [འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་སྦས་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo) › [The Shrigupta Sutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000) › intro.3 # འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་སྦས་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད intro.3 The Śrīgupta Sūtra intro.3 - **Language:** English ### [intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.3) Interwoven with the dramatic narrative of the assassination attempt are scenes in which the Buddha recounts four of his past lives: as a pheasant chick, a hare, the peacock king Suvarṇāvabhāsa, and a young brahmin boy named Dharmakāma. Each of these stories is told to demonstrate why Śrīgupta’s plot was doomed to fail; but on a deeper level, each one underscores the infallibility of the consequences—good and bad—of actions from one’s previous lives. - [Previous: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.2) - [Next: intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.4) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.3) · Pramāṇa