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The Heaven of 33 [Chapter 1. Cooperation] Once upon a time， when King Magadha was ruling in the land， there was a young noble called， Magha the Good. He lived in a remote village of just 30 families. When he was young， his parents married him to a girl who had qualities of character similar to his own. They were very happy together， and she gave birth to several children. The villagers came to respect Magha the Good because he always tried to help improve the village， for the good of all. Because they respected him， he was able to teach the five steps of training， to purify their thoughts， words and deeds. Maghas way of teaching was by doing. An example of this happened one day when the villagers gathered to do handicraft work. Magha the Good cleaned a place for himself to sit. Before he could sit down though， someone else sat there. So he patiently cleaned another place. Again a neighbor sat in his place. This happened over and over again， until he had patiently cleaned sitting places for all those present. Only then could he himself sit in the last place. By using such examples of patience， Magha the Good taught his fellow villagers how to cooperate with each other， without quarreling. Working together in this way， they constructed several buildings and made other improvements that benefited the whole village. | 
