Confronting Grief: A Tale of Loss and Understanding
…formed the funeral rites
over his daughter's body, he went weeping to the
Buddha.
Said the Buddha, "Householder, how is it that you
come to me sad and sorrowful, with tears in your
eyes, weeping?"
"Venerable, …
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