Age, disease, death! These are the evils for which the great Indian allegory proposes to find a remedy. Let us see what that remedy is.
[CHAPTER III.]
The Four Presaging Tokens.
Soothsayers were consulted by King Suddhodana. They pronounced the following:—
"The young boy will, without doubt, be either a king of kings, or a great Buddha. If he is destined to be a great Buddha, four presaging tokens will make his mission plain. He will see—
"1. An old man.
"2. A sick man.
"3. A corpse.