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Class 10 English: The Sermon at Benares Worksheet (with Answers)

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  1. 1. Kisa Gotami was grieving the death of her:
    • (a) son
    • (b) husband
    • (c) father
    • (d) friend
  2. 2. She went from house to house begging for:
    • (a) food
    • (b) medicine to revive her son
    • (c) money
    • (d) shelter
  3. 3. The Buddha asked her to bring mustard seeds from a house where:
    • (a) people were rich
    • (b) there were children
    • (c) no one had died
    • (d) there was a garden
  4. 4. Kisa Gotami could not find such a house because:
    • (a) no one grew mustard
    • (b) people refused her
    • (c) she got lost
    • (d) death had visited every home
  5. 5. What had happened to Kisa Gotami's son?
  6. 6. What strange condition did the Buddha set for the mustard seeds?
  7. 7. How does the Buddha teach Kisa Gotami to accept the death of her son?
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  1. 1. (a) son — Her only son had died.
  2. 2. (b) medicine to revive her son — She sought medicine to bring her son back.
  3. 3. (c) no one had died — From a house untouched by death.
  4. 4. (d) death had visited every home — Every home had known death.
  5. 5. He had died, and she was overcome with grief.
  6. 6. They had to come from a house where no one had ever died.
  7. 7. The Buddha teaches Kisa Gotami not by lecturing her but by leading her to discover the truth for herself. When she comes to him carrying her dead son and begging for medicine to revive him, he does not refuse outright. Instead, he asks her to bring a handful of mustard seeds — but with the condition that they must come from a house where no one has ever lost a child, husband, parent or friend to death. Hopeful, Kisa Gotami goes from door to door, only to find that in every single home someone has died; death has touched every family. Through this gentle, practical lesson she comes to realise on her own that death is the common fate of all living beings and that her grief is shared by everyone. This understanding calms her, and she accepts her loss, finding peace instead of endless sorrow.
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