Khema visiting the Buddha at Veluvana Khema

The chief consort of King Bimbisara was infatuated with her own beauty. She would not visit the Buddha because he disparaged her beauty. King Bimbisara urged her to visit the Buddha. When they met, the Buddha made her behold a divine damsel. She witnessed the damsel passing gradually from youth to old age, and from old age to death. Khmer suddenly came to understand the truth about the vanity and impermanence of life.