CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -(c) ‘enlightenment’ from the extract means ‘a state of high spiritual knowledge’. (d) Gautam Buddha was so upset and worried while encountering the different stages of life as a sickman, an aged man, a funeral and a monk begging for alms.

Detailed explanation-2: -How did Buddha get enlightenment? Answer: Siddhartha Gautama wandered for seven years and finally sat down under a Peepal tree till he got enlightenment. After seven days of enlightenment, he renamed the ‘Bodhi Tree’ and began to teach and to share his new understanding and came to be known as the Buddha. Question 4.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: At the age of 25, while hunting, one day Buddha saw a sick man, then an aged man, then a funeral procession and finally a monk begging for alms. These moved him so much that he went out into the world to seek enlightenment.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Buddha gave his first sermon at Benares. It is the holiest of places on the hank of the Ganges. His first sermon reflects his wisdom about one kind of suffering, i.e., death. Here the Buddha tells us about the universality of death, which is inevitable and can’t be escaped.

Detailed explanation-5: -Can you relate this to the Buddha’s life before and after he attained enlightenment? Provide examples from the text to support your answer. Ans – Yes, the quote relates to Buddha’s life. He was a prince and lived a royal life.