When the Lord Buddha pursued perfection in one of his lives as a bodhisattvas, he was born as a prince named venerable Taemee. When he was 6-7 years-old, he saw his father (the king) put a thief to death by having him burned at the stake.With all of the perfections he had accumulated over a long period of time, he recalled his past life when he used to be a king and that he too had put the thief to death. As a result, he went to hell for a very long time and he thought if he became the king again, he would have to kill the thief again. Then, he would have to go to hell one more time.