The Bodhisatta's Sacrifice
…, my son, I cannot live,”
and she smote upon her breast, and straightway in sorrow for her son her heart was broken and she fell down dead on the spot.
The Bodhisatta, when he knew his mother was dead, c…
The Bodhisatta bids farewell to his mother Yakkha, grieving her death after she collapses from sorrow. He honors her with a funeral pyre and returns to Benares with his father. Upon his arrival, he de