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When the queen had departed from the living, Pajāpatī took the boy Siddhattha and reared him. And as the light of the moon increases little by little, so the royal child grew from day to day in mind and in body; and truthfulness and love resided in his heart. When a year had passed Suddhodana the king made Pajāpatī his queen and there was never a better stepmother than she.
Source The Gospel of Buddha, III, §7 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to the Gospel of Buddha, after the death of Queen Māyā, her sister Pajāpatī raises little Siddhattha, the future Buddha, with such love that he grows, as the moon waxes, in truthfulness and love. Today, think of someone who took care of you without being obliged to, and thank them, or in turn take care of someone who needs it.
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