The Sermon at Benares

THE SERMON AT BENARES

SUMMARY The Sermon at Benares tells us about Lord Buddha's teachings. He was born as Prince Siddhārtha, lived a comfort...

Short Answer Type Questions (30-40 words & 3 marks each) 1. What did Buddha ask the lady to do? Answer : Buddha as...

Long Answer Type Questions 1. Describe the journey of Sidhartha Gautama becoming the Buddha. Answer : Ans. Gautama...

2. What lesson did Kisa Gotami learn the second time that she had failed to learn the first time? Answer : Kisa Gota...

3. What did Buddha say about death and suffering? Answer : After Buddha became enlightened, he started sharing his te...

4. How did the Buddha made Kisa Gotami realize that death is inevitable? or, Why did Kisa Gotami go from house to house?...

5. What does the Buddha make Gotami understand and how? Answer : When Kisa Gotami asked Buddha for a medicine to b...

6. Through The Sermon at Benares, the Buddha preached that death is inevitable and we need to overcome the suffering and...

7. You have been asked to present a comparative study on the nature of loss of Kisa Gotami in The Sermon at Benares and...

8. What lesson on death and suffering did the Buddha teach Gotami in the chapter, The Sermon at Benares? Answer : In...

9. "The life ofmortals in this world is troubled and brief and combined with pain......." With this statement of the Bud...

10. Life is full of trials and tribulations. Kisa Gotami also passes through a period of grief in her life. How does she...

Thinking About Text (page - 135) 1. When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from hou...

Thinking About Language (page 136) Question : 1 This text is written in an old-fashioned style, for it reports an inci...

Thinking About Language (page 136) II. You know that we can combine sentences us...