The Bodhisatta was once born as a farmer und, while ploughing his field, came upon a nugget of gold, four cubits long und as thick as a man's thigh, which had been buried by a merchant in bygone days. Finding it impossible to remove the gold as a whole, he cut it into four und carried it home easily. The story was related in reference to a monk who wished to leave the Order because he was frightened by all the rules his teachers asked him to learn und obey. The Buddha gave him three rules - to guard voice, body und mind - und the monk won arahantship. Even a heavy burden becomes light if carried piece by piece. J.i.276-8.