My feelings about being a mother...
From Mrs. Sasina Wimuttanon, a Thai Celeb who is now a famous news anchor.">
From Mrs. Sasina Wimuttanon, a Thai Celeb who is now a famous news anchor.
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To the Most Venerable Dhammajayo
with the utmost respect,
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My
name is Mrs. Sasina Wimuttanon. I would
like to share the feelings and experiences I had when I knew I would be a
mother.
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I married Mr. Suwit Wimuttanon when I was 23 years old, we had to wait for our
lovely son, Porpieng, for seven years. Since that time, my family has returned
to join the Dhammakaya community and pursue perfections with you, Luang Phaw. I believe that my dear son has great merit accrued
from previous lifetimes. I hope he will continue
to accrue further merits and eventually make the decision on his own to ordain and
become a true monk. This will bring great
merits to him and our family in the future.
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About
seven years ago, my husband and I consulted with a doctor because we were
having difficulty conceiving. We had been married for seven years and still had
not had a child. The doctor offered several treatment options but had us start
with the easiest one first. He prescribed fertility drugs, which would
influence my ovulation to occur in a scheduled timeframe. During the first
timeframe, the doctor injected my husband’s semen, but this attempt was
unsuccessful, even though I had been especially careful. During the second
attempt, we encountered a few obstacles, but our long awaited day came in the
end. When I knew that I was carrying another human being within me, I chanted
and meditated more often, so that these merits would protect my baby.
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I overcame morning sickness because of the inherent patience
I had, which I’d had since a young age. We monitored his development via ultrasound
every month. Although my belly had enlarged, I felt just as active and nimble
as I had been before and continued to go to work. Then, the day came, the one
we’d been waiting for. It was December
11th, 2003.
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I stayed at the hospital since the morning because my
water (the amniotic fluid) broke. I
intended to give birth naturally, so I decided to wait for my cervix to fully dilate. The excruciating pain from the uterine
contraction is very hard to explain. I endured
this pain periodically until 3:00 p.m.; I felt like I was going to die. So I
asked for the epidural anesthesia, which completely numbed the lower part of my
body. I felt much better, and at around 8:00 p.m. the doctor told me to be ready. At that point, my family and I began to chant
a great number of Buddhist chanting verses to welcome the baby. After we
finished, only my husband and my mother were allowed to stay with me to provide
support in the delivery room. The nurses
counted, “1…2…3…push!” I tried to, but I
simply couldn’t; I had no sensation down there.
Finally, the doctor pulled Porpieng out safely and brought him to me. When I held him in my arms, I saw his red
face; this is an image that I have never forgotten. Luang Phaw, it feels like
such a miracle, that this human being could come from my body. And at that
moment, I made the commitment to be the best mother that I could be.
However,
I had no idea that breastfeeding would be as or even more painful than giving
birth. Although this period was difficult, I was able to navigate through it
with my husband’s love. He was always beside
me and cheered me on every time I breastfed our baby.
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The love
of parents, at least in our minds, is to see their child happy, follow
age-appropriate development, and accrue merit everyday. So we usually go to the temple with him, and teach
him Dhamma and meditation. Moreover, we regularly
organize merit activities at our house or the Dream Team’s office. We do all this for our son and for our family, so that we live with
Dhamma in mind. I hope that my son will have the chance to ordain and become a
true monk, in order to study Dhamma in the future. If that day comes, I will be very happy and
very proud of him.
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Next,
my husband would also like to share his feelings and experiences of fatherhood
as well.
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Dhammajayo with the utmost respect,
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name is Mr. Suwit Wimuttanon. My wife
gave birth to our son when I was 48 years old, which is very late for most
people who have their first child. However, I’ve experienced a great number of
things in this world. And at the very least, I do know the truth about life,
what matters in life, what is trivial, and what merit and sin are.
Before
we had our baby, we made merit everyday and hoped that someone who made merit
together with us would be reborn as our child.
My love for Porpieng is similar to the love that other parents have for
their child. I can give him all that is
good, even if I have to exchange it with my life.
I do
understand that I can’t protect him all the time. Only merit can protect him, so I have fostered
my son’s love for merit and have encouraged him to make merit continuously
since his birth in this lifetime. I believe that each child is born attached
with merit and sin performed from previous lifetimes, and the merit in the
present lifetime can bring my son good health, longevity, and wealth to live
and to considerably accrue further merits with.
A parent’s love for a child does not end in one lifetime. It is always and forever.
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As a
father, I would like to invite all true men around the world to completely
repay their parents’ love by joining the 100,000 monk mass ordination during
the Buddhist Lent. For this special
opportunity, my family has taken out regular advertisements about this training
program in many newspapers with the Dream Team, including Thai Rath, Daily
News, Kom Chad Luek, Siam Rath and Ban Muang. Again, I would like to invite all
true men to be ordained as monks and to study the Lord Buddha’s Dhamma during
the Buddhist Lent. It will be one of the
most valuable and rewarding experiences for you.
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Most respectfully,
Mr. Suwit Wimuttanon
Mrs. Sasina Wimuttanon
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