A KORA OF KORAS

Kisagotami
There is a story in the Pali Canon about a woman by the name of Kisagotami,
who went through this process of awakening to the inherent suffering of life. She
had come to the Buddha in a state of desperation, carrying her dead child in her
arms.
Once long ago, in the time of Gautama Buddha, when he was speaking with monks and nuns under a
Bodhi tree, there was suddenly a disturbance in the back of the small group assembled. There appeared a
young woman, Kisagotami by name,
weeping and distressed and carrying a small baby in her arms.
Kisagotami was desperate. She was seeking for medicine that could restore her dead child to life. She believed
that the Buddha would know the cure for her lifeless child.
She strode directly into the assembly and approached
to where the Buddha sat.
She said, “Oh Lord Buddha, you are considered an Avatar, an incarnation of God, with miraculous
powers. Please, I pray you, help me.”
The Buddha asked her, "What is it you need help with?”
"My child, this one that I carry in my arms, has died,”
cried the young woman.
“Please, bring him back to life.”