CLASS 10
THE SERMON AT BENARES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to be borrowed from a man
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to be borrowed from a woman
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to be borrowed from a child
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A ripe fruit fears the danger of falling.
Detailed explanation-2: -“The World is afflicted with death and decay, therefore the wise do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world”.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Buddha asked her to find a house where no one had lost a loved one, but Kisa was unable to find any such house. She then saw the flickering lights of city and realised that people’s lives are similar to these lights which rise and then extinguish. In this way, she realised that life and death is a normal process.
Detailed explanation-4: -Buddha says so because of the following reason: He saw a young, little boy mourning the death of his mother. He could feel the suffering and agony of the boy and considered the loss of a loved one as an inscrutable kind of suffering.