Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association)
Venerable Shravasti Dhammika
The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom
The householder Nakulapitã and his wife Nakulamãtã came to see the Lord, and having sat down, Nakulapitã said: “Lord, my wife as brought hoemt to me when I was a mere boy, she being a mere girl, I have not been conscious of having transgresed against her even in thought, much less in body. Lord, we desire to behold each other, not just in this life, but in the next life also.”
Nakulamãtã then said: “Lord, since I was brought to my husband’s house when I was a mere girl, he being a mere boy, I have not been conscious of having transgressed against him even in thought much less in body. Lord, we decide to behold each other, not just in this life, but in the next life aslo.”
At this, the Lord said: “If both husband and wife desire to behold each other in both this life and the next life, and both are matched in faith, matched in virtue, matched in generosity and matched in wisdom, then they will behold each other in both this life and the next life also.”
