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प्रश्न
Attempt the following question in 100-150 words:
Describe the journey of Siddhartha Gautama becoming the Buddha.
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उत्तर
Gautam Buddha, who started his journey as a prince, was sent away for formal schooling at the age of twelve. Four years later, he returned with an education in Hindu sacred scriptures to marry a princess. They lived happily together for ten long years and even had a son, but once on his journey, he came across a sick man, a middle-aged man, a funeral procession, and a monk begging for alms. Disturbed by the sufferings of the world, he, at the age of twenty-five, left his home and went in search of enlightenment. He wandered for seven years and finally sat under a Peepal tree. Seven days later, he attained enlightenment and named the tree the Bodhi Tree (Tree of Wisdom). Thereafter, he became Buddha and started spreading enlightenment.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in 80-100 words:
“The life of mortals in this world is troubled and brief and combined with pain ….” With this statement of the Buddha, find out the moral value that Kisa Gotami learnt after the death of her child.
Answer the following question in 80 − 100 words :
Through 'The Sermon at Benares', the Buddha preached that death is inevitable and we need to overcome the suffering and pain that follows.
Based on your reading of the lesson, write how one should cope with the death of a loved one.
When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house. What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?
Kisa Gotami again goes from house to house after she speaks with the Buddha. What does she ask for, the second time around? Does she get it? Why not?
Why do you think Kisa Gotami understood this only the second time? In what way did the Buddha change her understanding?
How do you usually understand the idea of ‘selfishness’? Do you agree with Kisa Gotami that she was being ‘selfish in her grief’?
Answer the following question in 30-40 words :
How did Kisa Gotami realize that life and death is a normal process?
What is the significance of the Buddha’s request for a handful of mustard seeds and the addition of a condition to it?
“Not from weeping nor from grieving will anyone obtain peace of mind"
If you had to use the message of the given quote from the Buddha’ssermon (The Sermon at Benares) to help the boy cope with the loss of his ball and what it signifies (The Ball Poem), what would you include in your advice?
Also, evaluate why it might be difficult for him to understand the notion.
How does Buddha bring about a different perspective in Kisa Gotami's understanding of life?
