CLASS 10
THE SERMON AT BENARES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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She wandered from place to another
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She carried the dead body of her only son from one place to another
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She locked herself in the house
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to Kisa Gotami, the greatest grief of life is the death of loved ones and one’s inability to stop them from dying. So, instead of lamenting on it, the wise shouldn’t grieve. Grief will only increase the pain and disturb the peace of mind of a person. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-2: -Kisa Gomathi was sad because she lost her only son she could not control her pain of losing her only son out of grief she her mind was unable to accept her only son’s death. She carried her dead son to all her neighbors asking for medicine to save her son.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kisa Gotami also passes through a grief in her life when her only son died. She went from house to house in search of a medicine to cure him. She had become selfish in wanting her son back, but later she realised that man is immortal.
Detailed explanation-4: -But when she asked, “Did a son or daughter, a father or mother, die in your family?” they answered her, “Alas! the living are few, but the dead are many. Do not remind us of our deepest grief.”