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Kisagotami Story:

Author: Jessica Ruvalcaba



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-Kisagotami loses her son and seeks a cure to bring him back to life. -Advised to find mustard seed from a house untouched by death, she realizes death has touched every home. -Unable to find such a house, she understands the universality of death and buries her child. -Buddha teaches her the impermanence of life, comparing it to lamps that light up and then extinguish. -She learns that all living beings face death and only in Nirvana is there peace from this cycle.


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