How do you usually
understand the idea of ‘selfishness’? Do you agree with
Kisa Gotami that she was being ‘selfish in her grief’?
How do you usually understand the idea of ‘selfishness’? Do you agree with Kisa Gotami that she was being ‘selfish in her grief’?
‘Selfishness’
means being concerned only about one’s own interests and
showing complete disregard for others welfare. Yes, it can be said
that Kisa Gotami was being ‘selfish in her grief’. In the
light of her tragedy, she was unable to see that death is something
that strikes all things living. In this sense, she was selfish.
However, for every person, his/her tragedy is something personal and
it prevents him/her from looking at the tragedy from a universal or
general point of view. If we take the usual sense of the word
‘selfish’, then calling Kisa Gotami selfish would be
inappropriate, because every person becomes selfish in his/her grief.
‘Selfishness’ means being concerned only about one’s own interests and showing complete disregard for others welfare. Yes, it can be said that Kisa Gotami was being ‘selfish in her grief’. In the light of her tragedy, she was unable to see that death is something that strikes all things living. In this sense, she was selfish. However, for every person, his/her tragedy is something personal and it prevents him/her from looking at the tragedy from a universal or general point of view. If we take the usual sense of the word ‘selfish’, then calling Kisa Gotami selfish would be inappropriate, because every person becomes selfish in his/her grief.
