Ten Lives of Bodhisatt

The last 10 lives of the Bodhisattva, born as Prince Siddhartha, before he became The Buddha may be summarised as follows: -

Phra Teme - Accumulation (Nakkemma Paramee) of endurance facing enormous suffering for 16 years so that he could go on searching for Mokha Dhamma in order to be able to combat suffering;
Phra Mahasadock - Accumulation of (Viriya Paramee) efforts until he was placed on a raft and drifted away in order to combat Kilesa and be free from suffering;
Phra Chao Souvannasam - Accumulation of (Metta Paramee) loving-kindness for beings of the world to live together peacefully and to know the value of life by not harassing one another;
Phra Chao Nemerath - Accumulation of (Adhithana Paramee) determination in order to teach people how to perform good karma and to be ashamed of committing any bad karma (action);
Phra Chao Mahosoth - Accumulation of (Panya Paramee) insight wisdom in order to teach people to be disciplined, to realise the principles of Dhamma Precepts, what is right and wrong, good karma and bad karma and to understand what is useful for oneself and others;
Phra Chao Phouridhat - Accumulation of (Vaca Paramee) right speech in order to teach people to refrain from taking revenge, from causing misunderstanding one another, from not committing adultery, from not speaking falsely, from not stealing or taking belongings of others without permission;
Phra Chao Chandhakoumarn - Accumulation of (Khanti Paramee) patience in order to teach people to be patient, to be rational and to be truthful and to live in peace;
Phra Chao Rattanaphol - Accumulation of (Upekka Paramee) equanimity in order teach people how to refrain from breaking the Dhamma Precepts, from being selfish and above all to be sincere and honest and to know how to forgive and forget;
Phra Chao Vithoul - Accumulation of (Sacca Paramee) truthfulness in order to teach people to be careful, to be aware at all time, not to over estimate oneself and above all to maintain the principle of truth;
Phra Vetsandorn - The 10 th life of a Bodhisattva is accumulation of (Dana Paramee) charity in order to teach people how to release or ‘let go' appropriately, for example:

‘Freeing a string from tying one's neck - Give away one's children'
‘Freeing a string from tying one's elbow - Give away one's wife'
‘Freeing a string from tying one's feet - Give away one's possessions'

Additionally, it is how to teach people to respect their parents, masters and teachers as well as to teach married couples to stay within traditional boundaries, to be honest and truthful to one another, to economise and be careful in using one's possessions for the happiness of oneself and others, to carry out good karma for the happiness in this life and the life beyond. These are the last 10 lives of a Bodhisattva, the last one being the life of Phra Vetsandorn and immediately followed by the birth of Prince Siddhartha Gotama on Earth.

Prince Siddhartha gave up life in the Palace and began his search for Mokkha Dhamma until he attained Enlightenment without being taught by anyone and became Buddha. The names Phra Gotama, Phra Siddhartha and Buddha belonged to the same person.

Phra Boromma Srisonxay was King Sri Soudhothana and Queen Phoutsady was Queen Siri Maha Maya. Both were father and mother of the Lord Buddha respectively.

Nang Matdhy was Nang Phimpha (Yasothara) who was Prince Siddhartha's wife. Thao Saly was Phra Rahul who was Prince Siddhartha's son. Nang Kanha was Bikkhuni Uparavannadhera.

Phra Vetsandorn was Prince Siddhartha who had been accumulating his paramee (good deeds) for the last 10 lives. In his 10th life, he obtained what he had been hoping for in every aspect, that is, to search for Mokkha Dhamma for 6 years and in the early morning hours of the full moon day of 6th month of the Year of the Dog, Prince Siddhartha attained Enlightenment and became Buddha.

Ten Lives of a Bodhisattva