Thoughts&Experiences (36)

Mother’s Caring Heart...

Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

Mother’s Caring Heart: When her child goes so far as to bring her to tears, she doesn’t dare cry because she’s afraid he would fall into hell. (She is willing to go there herself.)*

 

* An old Thai belief has it that causing one’s mother to cry will cause oneself to fall into hell in a future birth.

 

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From the book Thoughts & Experiences

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