mn87:3.1 Then he went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him,
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mn87:3.2 “Your faculties, householder, are those of one who is unstable in their own mind; there is a deterioration in your faculties.”
mn87:3.3 “And how, sir, could there be no deterioration of my faculties?
mn87:3.4 For my dear and beloved only child has passed away.
mn87:3.5 Since their death I haven’t felt like working or eating.
mn87:3.6 I go to the cremation ground and wail:
mn87:3.7 ‘Where are you, my only child? Where are you, my only child?’”
mn87:3.8 “That’s so true, householder! That’s so true, householder!
mn87:3.9 For our loved ones are a source of sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.”
mn87:3.10 “Sir, who on earth could ever think such a thing!
mn87:3.12 For our loved ones are a source of joy and happiness.”
mn87:3.13 Disagreeing with the Buddha’s statement, rejecting it, he rose from his seat and left.