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Class 10 English Sermon at Benares extra questions and answers are prepared by our expert teachers. All these questions are divided into two or three sections. They are short type questions answers, long type question answers and extract based questions.
When Kisa Gotami’s son died, she went from house to house, asking if she could get some medicine that would cure her child. No, she did not get it because her child was dead and no medicine could have brought him back to life.
16 paź 2024 · Supplementary Reader: Class 10- Footprints Without Feet Vocabulary: Afflicted: Affected by something painful or harmful; suffering from a condition. Alas: An expression of sorrow or regret. Arrow of lamentation: A metaphorical phrase representing the pain and sorrow caused by loss. Blessed: Made holy or consecrated; enjoying happiness and peace. Composed: Calm and in control of one’s emotions.
Answer: Value Points: Kisa’s son had died went to Buddha for making him alive—was sent to bring some mustard seeds from a house where no death had occurred—couldn’t get. Buddha made her realise that death is common to all.
5 wrz 2024 · Answer: (a) Gautama Buddha was highly moved by seeing the sufferings of man. So he went out to seek enlightenment. (b) Gautama Buddha chanced upon a sick man, then an aged man, then a funeral procession, and finally a monk begging for alms while hunting. (c) ‘enlightenment’ from the extract means ‘a state of high spiritual knowledge’.
5 paź 2023 · Question 3. Why was Kisa sad? What advice was given to her? Answer: Kisa Gotami had lost her only son. He was dead. She loved him very much and wanted him to be alive. But she could not find any medicine so she was sad. She was advised to go to Buddha.
17 lip 2020 · Explain with reference to the story “The Sermon at Benares”. Answer: According to Gautama Buddha, the world is affected by sufferings, disease or pain, death and decay. Therefore, the wise persons do not mourn, knowing the terms of the world. Nobody can get peace of mind from weeping or mourning.
