Mayadevi, wife of King Shudhodana, had an auspicious dream. A young white elephant holding a lotus flower in its trunk entered her body by her right side. The dream was interpreted to mean that she had conceived a son.
“In the deva realm, Bodhisattva Dampa-tog-karpo gave his crown to Maitreya, in preparation to his descending to earth. He then emanated himself as a white elephant. As his mother, Gyutrulma, lay sleeping she had a dream that a white elephant, shining with a glorious light, was within her womb and she flew through the sky and climbed mountains. Many kings and ministers bowed and prostrated to her; it was at that time that the Buddha entered her womb,” according to the Tibetan version of the Incarnation.
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Another version of the dream and birth of Buddha:
The Bodhisattva appeared in a dream to Queen Maya Devi in the form of a white elephant holding a lotus flower in its trunk. The elephant circled the queen’s bed three times, gently tapping its right flank with its trunk. The next day, after the Queen had described her dream to her husband Suddhodhana, he quizzed his astrologers. “Don’t be afraid,” they told him. “The Queen has conceived, and you shall have a son. If he stays at the palace he will become a mighty ruler. But if he leaves his home to go out into the world, then he will become a Buddha, able to overcome all ignorance”.
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