Open Access 26-05-2020 | ORIGINAL PAPER
The Buddha and His Son
Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 2/2021
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This article surveys interactions between the Buddha and his son as reported in Pāli discourses and their parallels. Although by going forth as monastics both had left behind the secular setting of family life, the teachings the Buddha gave to Rāhula can be taken to exemplify qualities relevant to mindful parenting. Besides, teaching emerges as an activity that facilitates not only the progress of others to liberation but can also achieve the same purpose for the one who gives such teachings.