Taking the Vows

I died and met the Buddha.

The Buddha said, "You have great spiritual potential. Would you be willing to become a Buddha?"

I said, "What's so great about being a Buddha? I don't want to."

The Buddha shook his head, raised his ruler, and struck me on the head eight times.

Then I woke up as if from a dream. I was alive again.

That was the first time. There would be seven more.

The Buddha let me live eight times and undergo the eight precepts eight times.

Then I would answer his question again.