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After losing her only child, Kisa Gotami became desperate and asked if anyone could help her. Her sorrow was so great that many thought she had lost her mind. An old man told her to see the Buddha. The Buddha told her that he could bring the child back to life if she could find white mustard seeds from a family where no one had died. She ...
Umm Juwayriyah is an American Muslim of West Indian and American ancestry. She has three children and is a full-time elementary school teacher. [citation needed] In addition to writing, performing, and teaching, Umm Juwayriyah is editor for the New England Muslim Women's Association and former two-term assistant director of the Islamic Writers Alliance.
In the Gospel of Matthew the parable is as follows: . The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; which indeed is smaller than all seeds but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.
The verse suggests, "Valluvar pierced a mustard and injected seven seas into it and compressed it into what we have today as Kural." [ 4 ] It can be noted that Avvaiyar fortified the meaning of this verse by replacing the first word "mustard" with the word "atom."
The parable of the Leaven follows the parable of the Mustard Seed in Matthew and Luke, and shares the theme of the Kingdom of Heaven growing from small beginnings. [28] The parable of the Hidden Treasure and parable of the Pearl form a pair illustrating the great value of the Kingdom of Heaven , and the need for action in attaining it.
The poem was chosen for its reverence for the full moon (a symbol of reunion) and for the speaker’s longing for family and home — all reflecting the values of the holiday.
In 1978 she joined Toronto's Mustard Seed Mission as a secretary, [3] and worked there until her retirement in 1986. [6] Avison became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984. [8] Her fourth collection of poems, No Time, came out in 1990, and won her a second Governor General's Award. [10]
Maria Isabel de Santa Rita Vás is an Indian author, playwright, theatre director and teacher. She is the founder of the Mustard Seed Art Company (an amateur theatre group from Goa) and has been associated from its inception with the Positive People (an NGO that spreads awareness on HIV/AIDS and provides support to its victims).