一則本生故事，講一位商人誠實的兒子在兩位兄長以諂媚討好一位毀容的看池麻風病人未果後，憑真誠獲贈滿捧蓮花，是佛陀就阿難為供養菩提樹而尋蓮一事所說。

A birth story about a merchant’s honest son who alone receives a full bunch of lotuses from a disfigured leper tending a tank, after his brothers try flattery instead, told in reference to Ānanda’s search for lotuses to offer at the Bodhi tree shrine.