[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The History of Buddhist Thought](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933) › c19.21 # The History of Buddhist Thought c19.21 The History of Buddhist Thought c19.21 - **Language:** English ### [c19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.21) Sujātā, the daughter of a landowner, had vowed to make a thankoffering to a certain god of a banyan tree. That night the Bodhisatta had dreamt five dreams, from which he knew that he would that day win enlightenment. He went and sat under the tree, and Sujātā, thinking he was the tree god, gave him the offering in a golden bowl. This is described in great detail, for it was the only food that he received during the next forty-nine days. After eating it he took the golden bowl (his own had miraculously vanished) and set it floating on the river, saying, “ if to-day I shall be able to become a Buddha, let this bowl go up stream; if not, let it go down stream.” It went up, sank in a whirlpool, and struck the bowls of the three previous Buddhas. - [Previous: c19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.20) - [Next: c19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.22) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.21) · Pramāṇa