He is the Buddhist Maha Kassapa, and she is his wife.
On the wedding night, he said: "You and I are not bound to be married, but to be separated."
When parting, he swore an oath: "If I can be saved, I will come to save you."
She waited for a thousand lifetimes.
In the first life, he was a monk practicing in the mountains, and she was a golden monkey offering flowers.
In the second life, he was the venerable preacher of the Heavenly Palace, and she was the goddess who was greedy for heavenly happiness.
In the third life, he was a walking leopard monk and she was a jealous queen.
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Thousands of lifetimes later, she is an old woman dying in filth.
He stretched out his golden arm and gently lifted her up:
"I'm coming."
"I said I will come to save you."
But she didn't know that what he wanted to save was never her "body" - it was her heart that had been waiting for him for a thousand lifetimes.
Intent: This is not an ordinary love story, but "Tao Qing" - a kind of love that transcends possession and desire and takes degree as the highest form.