Question

Answer the following question in 100 – 120 words :

Why did Gotami go to the Buddha ? What lesson did he teach her ?

Answer 1

Kisa Gotami was a beraved lady who lived in Benares. She could not endure the grief of her only son's death so she went from house to house in order to get medicine to cure her dead son. When that did not work, she went to Buddha to bring her son back to life. Buddha asked her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no death had occurred. But she could not find such a house. The Buddha told Kisa Gotami that the life of mortals is troubled and brief. Those who are born can't avoid dying. As ripe fruits are in danger of falling, so mortals are always in danger of death. All earthen vessels end in being broken. She realised that she had been very selfish in her grief. The Buddha made her realise that death spares none and is common to all.