What does Kisa Gotami understand the second time that she failed to understand the first time? Was this what the Buddha wanted her to understand?

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Kisa Gotami understood the second time that death is common to all and that she was being selfish in her grief. There was no house where some beloved had not died.
Yes, this was what the Buddha wanted her to understand.

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