Question

Answer the following question in 100-120 words:

How does Lencho’s faith in God, as shown in ‘A Letter to God’ contrast with the skepticism of Kisa Gotami in ‘Sermon at Benares’. Support your answer with details from the two texts.

Answer 1

Lencho’s faith is naive and absolute: after a hailstorm destroys his crop he writes “To God” asking for a hundred pesos and, when he receives seventy, assumes only God could be perfect and blames the post office for the missing thirty showing unquestioning trust in divine help. In contrast, Kisa Gotami begins in desperate denial over her dead child, seeking a cure, but the Buddha’s instruction (the mustard‑seed task) forces her to see death’s universality; she moves from personal skepticism and selfish grief to acceptance and spiritual insight. Thus, Lencho’s literal faith contrasts with Kisa Gotami’s transformed understanding.