Introduction
Buddha's teaching through Kisa Gotami's story: death is inevitable and universal.
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Buddha's Teaching
Kisa Gotami brings dead child to Buddha. He says: bring mustard seeds from a house where no one has died. She fails. Realises death is universal. Teaching: accept mortality, find peace through wisdom.
Key Points
- •Kisa Gotami: grieving mother
- •Mustard seed test: no house without death
- •Death is inevitable and universal
- •Grief overcome through understanding
- •Acceptance brings peace
Quick Summary
- ✓Death is universal — Kisa Gotami's realisation
- ✓Wisdom and acceptance, not lamentation
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