Mother & motherhood - mothers day: Maxim Gorkey's novel "Mother" : Sordid poverty in the midst of plenty : kingdom of heaven : only one Christian & he died on the cross : utilitarianism : goodness or badness : living being : instinct of "self preservation" : Lear from elders : Mother on earth is his representative : woman : more emotional & less rational : woman narrow-minded : motherhood proud boast of womanhood : paradise at the fact of mother : mother's love softens the heart - Chitkara, Madan G. (Encyclopaedia of Buddhism ; 8: Global values, 2001)