Why Cry for the Moon?

I. 2. “Why Cry for the Moon?” (Maṭṭhakuṇḍalivatthu) Ashin Saraṇa
Maṭṭhakuṇḍali ("burnished earrings"), son of the Brahmin Adinnapubbaka ("Never-Gave") died of jaundice because his father, out of stinginess, was too late to send for a physician. Before Maṭṭhakuṇḍali died, he saw the Buddha, was reborn as a god and then returned to see his father in disguise of a boy crying to get the wheels of Moon and Sun. He then explained to his crying father that his crying makes more sense, because Sun and Moon are more reachable than someone who has died. The Brahmin was cured from his sorrow and, listening to the instructions of his son, now god, he invited the Buddha for a meal. Buddhists and non-Buddhists who attended the meal saw the god Maṭṭhakuṇḍali himself asserting he was a god by the merit of keeping faith in the Buddha and the Buddha explained, that the thoughts are the source of all our actions. I. 2. “Why Cry for the Moon?” (Maṭṭhakuṇḍalivatthu) Yarzar's summary:
Once there was a stingy Brahmin who had a son, and when his son fell sick the brahmin did not want to pay a physician to heal his son, and the son died. The Brahmin mourned deeply over the loss of his son. However, because the son had reposed faith in the Buddha before he died he was reborn as a deity and saw the Brahmin mourning. The reborn son went down to the Brahmin and taught him an important lesson, not to mourn over something already gone. I. 2. “Why Cry for the Moon?” (Maṭṭhakuṇḍalivatthu) Sandi's summary:
There was a wealthy Brahman that refused to spend his wealth on even his dying son and when he passed the father wept for this misfortune. However the boy was reborn as a deity for reposing faith in a passing Teacher and as the boy recalls his death he returns to his father to guide him to the truth. By reposing faith, he had been granted glory even without doing other works of merit.
I. 2. “Why Cry for the Moon?” (Maṭṭhakuṇḍalivatthu) Leng Hom's summary:
There is a Brahman who never gave his riches for anyone. When his sick son was sitting outside on the terrace, the Teacher came by and tells him that when he is reborn as a deity in the Heaven of the Thirty-three and he humbles his father. He also tells him to talk to the Teacher, give alms, listen to the Law, and ask him questions, Brahman does so. An important lesson is that our thoughts play a role on our actions. I. 2. “Why Cry for the Moon?” (Maṭṭhakuṇḍalivatthu) Aung Maung's summary:
In Savatthi, a Brahman, Adinnapubbaka, had a son named Matthakundali. When his son became very ill, he failed to give medication to his son in time because he was stingy. His son was too sick to be cured, and the Brahman laid his son outside for him to die, but fortunately, the son saw the Buddha just before he died and was reborn as a deity. He saw the Brahman weeping and came down to weep with him, and he explained to his father that crying for something that exists is more reasonable than crying for something that doesn't. The Brahman invited the Buddha and other people for a meal and asked questions about how you could be born in heaven just by taking faith in the Buddha. I. 2. “Why Cry for the Moon?” (Maṭṭhakuṇḍalivatthu) Yamone Oo's summary:
There is a selfish man named Never-Gave. His son gets sick but he doesn’t want to lose his wealth for a physician. As the son is about to die, he has faith and ends up being reborn from the World of the Thirty Three. The son visits his crying father and the Brahman agrees to have faith in the Buddha. I. 2. “Why Cry for the Moon?” (Maṭṭhakuṇḍalivatthu) Kaitlyn's summary:
There was a Brahman who was extremely selfish and did not enjoy spending his money. One day, his beloved son got sick of jaundice but the Brahman would not even spend his money on his dying son. Unfortunately, by the time the Brahman hired a physician, his son was at the point of death and soon passed away. However the son, who had incredible faith in God, was reborn a deity and saw the state of depression his father was in. As his father's only hope, the reborn son teaches his father the truth, to move on in life no matter what happens.