Many soothsayers, men clever and learned in prognostic texts, expert in cow-like lashes, indicated he’d be looked upon with kindly eyes. Even as a householder he’d be regarded kindly, beloved of the people. But if he becomes an ascetic, not lay, as destroyer of sorrow he’ll be loved by many.”

23. Crown Like a Turban “Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. He was the leader and forerunner of people in skillful behaviors such as good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, giving and sharing, taking precepts, observing the sabbath, paying due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in the family, and various other things pertaining to skillful behaviors. Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. When he came back to this place he obtained this mark: the crown of his head is like a turban.