Confronting Grief: A Tale of Loss and Understanding
…sion,
he was unable to bear the grief that arose within him.
Accordingly, when he had performed the funeral rites
over his daughter's body, he went weeping to the
Buddha.
Said the Buddha, "Householder, how i…
In this touching narrative, a father mourns the loss of his modest and conscientious daughter, Sumana, and seeks solace from the Buddha. Despite knowing death is inevitable, he struggles with her last