CLASS 10
THE SERMON AT BENARES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -She saw the lights of the city that flickered up and extinguished again. She learnt from her experience that human lives are like the lights, and death is common to all.
Detailed explanation-2: -Someone told her to talk to Sakyamuni, Buddha, who then asked her to procure a handful of mustard seeds. This raised hope in Gotami’s heart that her son could be revived. But the condition imposed by Sakyamuni was that the seeds should be brought from a house where people had not lost a loved one to death.
Detailed explanation-3: -When Kisa Gotami’s son died, she went from house to house, asking for medicine that would cure her child. No, she didn’t get it because her child was dead and no medicine could have brought him back to life.
Detailed explanation-4: -Following the death of her son, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house to ask for medicine to bring her son back to life. She does not get it because there is no medicine to bring a dead person back.