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During Sakyanmuni Buddha times, 3,000 years ago, the Buddha try to stop an imminent war between 2 countries 3 times.

3 times He succeeded when He intercepted the advancing troop of the Army of a tribe that was launching an attack. The Buddha will bring His 2 disciples to block the path of the advancing troop sitting in a lotus posture. Everytime the King and his advancing troop see the Buddha and His disciples, their hearts soften when Buddha expound discourse to calm the Army down and they lose their appetitie to fight and return to base.

The King knew that everytime if the Buddha appear, they will not succeed in the attack and each time the King try a different route to avoid the Buddha - but for 3 times he did not succeed.

But for the 4th time, the Buddha was ill. The King knew about the Buddha illness, quietly under the cover of the night hurried his troops to the opposing tribe's base. Buddha knew the troop's advancement and despite very ill, still struggle along with the help of the 2 disciples to try to intercept the advancing troop. Buth because Buddha is too frail from His illness and He is already aged, He was not able to intercept the troop.

For the 4th time, He know that He will not be able to stop the war because the karma seeds of hatred that is ingrained between the 2 countries was too deep. The war was eventually fought and the Sakya tribe was eliminated and the homeland destroyed.

The victorious troop then marched back with his big army back to base – but as his army is crossing a river, the river suddenly swelled with huge monsoon and the whole army perished in the sea.

The Buddha did warn Both Parties the consequences beforehand and try to coax the victorious King to get rid of the hatred. But the hatred is too ingrained – and the karma seeds germinate and finally bloom into fruition and the war finally erupted.

Buddha and His 2 disciples, Ananda and Sariputta can only shake their heads for refusing to heed the advice of the Buddha.