“Come, I will search for the Buddha-making conditions, this way and that;”[166] and beholding the Perfections of Almsgiving and the rest to be the qualities necessary for the making of a Buddha, according to the words, “Then, as I made my search, I beheld the first Perfection of Almsgiving;”[167] he came down through many births, fulfilling these Perfections, even up to his last appearance as Vessantara. And the rewards which fell to him on his way, as they fall to all the Bodisats who have resolved to become Buddhas, are lauded thus: 252. So the men, perfect in every part, and destined to Buddhahood, Traverse the long road through thousands of millions of ages. 253. They are not born in hell, nor in the space between the worlds; They do not become ghosts consumed by hunger, thirst, and want, And they do not become small animals, even though born to sorrow. 254. When born among men they are not blind by birth, They are not hard of hearing, they are not classed among the dumb. 255. They do not become women; among hermaphrodites and eunuchs They are not found,--these men destined to Buddhahood. 256. Free from the deadly sins, everywhere pure-living, They follow not after vain philosophy, they perceive the working of Karma. 257. Though they dwell in heaven, they are not born into the Unconscious state, Nor are they destined to rebirth among the angels in the Pure Abodes.[168] 258. Bent upon renunciation, holy in the world and not of it, They walk as acting for the world’s welfare, fulfilling all perfection. While he was thus fulfilling the Perfections, there was no limit to the existences in which he fulfilled the Perfection of Almsgiving. As, for instance, in the times when he was the brahman Akitti, and the brahmin Saŋkha, and the king Dhanañjaya, and Mahā-sudassana, and Maha-govinda, and the king Nimi, and the prince Canda, and the merchant Visayha, and the king Sivi, and Vessantara. So, certainly, in the Birth as the Wise Hare, according to the words,[169] 259. When I saw one coming for food, I offered my own self, There is no one like me in giving, such is my Perfection of Almsgiving, he, offering up his own life, acquired the Supreme Perfection called the Perfection of Almsgiving. In like manner there is no limit to the existences--as, for instance, in the times when he was the snake king Sīlava, and the snake king Campeyya, the snake king Bhūridatta, the snake king Chad-danta, and the prince Alīnasattu, son of king Jayaddisa--in which he fulfilled the Perfection of Goodness. So, certainly, in the Saŋkhapāla Birth, according to the words, 260. Even when piercing me with stakes, and striking me with javelins, I was not angry with the sons of Bhoja, such is my Perfection of Goodness,