The sixteen dreams of King Pasenadi
In Buddhist literature, the sixteen frightening dreams of King Pasenadi (Sanskrit; Pali ) is notable topic of Buddhism and dreamt by the King Pasenadi of Kosala and their Interpretations by the Gautama Buddha. Buddha used Anāgatam Nyandaw () to visualise the nightmares. Then he explained that the nightmares are the terrible things that will happen in the future. When the time reaches after 2500 Sāsanā Years () or 1957 A.D, the foretold events will take place. The pictures depicting the sixteen nightmares are found in some pagodas in Myanmar. The 16 frightening dreams. First dream. "Meaning": "When  bad people lead, the dark clouds came to rain, but just thunder instead, thus destroying certain crops and leading people to starve." Second dream. "Meaning": "When people begin to have short lifespan, young people will marry and have kids even when they are below 18 years old." Third dream. "Meaning": "When people stop respecting the elders, the parents will live with their children, for not having anyone to rely on." Fourth dream. "Meaning": "People will hire young, inexperienced people in certain jobs, especially judging crimes. Not being able to work well, the young people will quit the jobs and old  people will not reapply for their previous jobs, which leads to the demise of a country." Fifth dream. "Meaning": Evil judges will take the bribery of both the defendant and the jurors, and they will decide the crimes however they want." Sixth dream. "Meaning": "Good people will not be respected or praised, thus reducing reputation. So, they have to make friends with bad people for the sake of their reputation." Seventh dream. "Meaning": "Women will not consider about the money their husbands have tiredly made. They will spend the money for clothes, food, drinks, jewelry and gambling without letting their  husbands know." Eighth dream. "Meaning": "People will experience poverty because of their evil leaders. They have to work hard for their leaders and not for their family which leads to starvation." Ninth dream. "Meaning": "The future leaders will not be sympathetic to their citizens. They will force the citizens to pay a lot of taxes. Not being able to withstand the heavy tax, they will move to the countryside." Tenth dream. "Meaning": "It will not rain properly, i.e some areas get a lot of rain while other areas don't. Such a rain destroys certain crops and results in crops  of different qualities although they are grown in same field." Eleventh dream. "Meaning": "People will spread Buddha's teachings, asking for donations and spend for their own good. This is equivalent to buying the teachings with a few money." Twelfth dream. "Meaning": "Wicked people will get the duties of leading a country and people will start to believe in them." Thirteenth dream. "Meaning": "When bad people rule, good people couldn't make strong statements in arguments. So, they are no longer appreciated. Fourteenth dream. "Meaning": "Men would marry younger spouses and give them whatever they want. However, the spouses will  scold them for lacking decision in certain cases." Fifteenth dream. "Meaning": "In the future, only people of bad characteristics will become the leaders. Not having anyone to rely on, good people will have to serve them." Sixteenth dream. "Meaning": "When Wicked people became governors, they will claim the land of the good people and deports them. So, good people have to run away from those people."