Without any background information on Kisagotami one could wonder why another women’s poem is entangled into Kisagotami’s poem. Upon knowing that Kisagotami was asked by Buddha to look for white mustard seed in a household that has had no deaths one begins to understand that this is an example of upaya. In foolish faith Kisagotami thought this was a feat that would bring her child back to life until she realizes that death was an imminent part of life. Through the stanza above which discusses the life of a women named Patacara, Kisagotami who once felt that the burdens of loss were hers alone now understood that other people felt and went through loss as well. The upaya served as a great awakening for Kisagotami. It is through the suffering of other women that she understands that everyone suffers impermanence and grief. A main theme that has played a part in the chapter of mothers in “The First Buddhist Women” is unhappiness. Aside from Kisagotami learning her lesson about impermanence one must then wonder how she ended that suffering through Buddhism. In stanza 9-13 Kisagotami states that one cannot just forget about suffering, that is not the way to enlightenment instead: We have to understand
Without any background information on Kisagotami one could wonder why another women’s poem is entangled into Kisagotami’s poem. Upon knowing that Kisagotami was asked by Buddha to look for white mustard seed in a household that has had no deaths one begins to understand that this is an example of upaya. In foolish faith Kisagotami thought this was a feat that would bring her child back to life until she realizes that death was an imminent part of life. Through the stanza above which discusses the life of a women named Patacara, Kisagotami who once felt that the burdens of loss were hers alone now understood that other people felt and went through loss as well. The upaya served as a great awakening for Kisagotami. It is through the suffering of other women that she understands that everyone suffers impermanence and grief. A main theme that has played a part in the chapter of mothers in “The First Buddhist Women” is unhappiness. Aside from Kisagotami learning her lesson about impermanence one must then wonder how she ended that suffering through Buddhism. In stanza 9-13 Kisagotami states that one cannot just forget about suffering, that is not the way to enlightenment instead: We have to understand