CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE SERMON AT BENARES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who came to the Buddha for help?
A
Urvashi
B
Kisa Gotami
C
Amrapali
D
Shakuntala Devi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kisa Gotami finally came to realise that there is no one in the world who had never lost a family member to death. She now understood that death is inevitable and a natural part of life. Putting aside her grief, she buried her son in the forest. Shen then returned to the Buddha and became his follower.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kisa Gotami was devastated by the death of her son and she went from door to door, seeking help. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Kisa Gotami went to the Buddha and asked him to give her the medicine to make her son alive. The Buddha asked her to bring him a handful of mustard seed. It should be brought from a house where no one had died.

Detailed explanation-4: -An old man told her to see the Buddha. The Buddha told her that he could bring the child back to life if she could find white mustard seeds from a family where no one had died.

Detailed explanation-5: -Solution : A man advised Kisa Gotami to go to Sakyamuni, the Buddha. He was the physician who could cure her dead son. She went to the Buddha. He asked Kisa .

There is 1 question to complete.