Ans. Betty Renshaw
Ans. In 563 B.C.
*4. Which family did Gautama belong to?*
Ans. A royal family
*5. At what age was Gautama sent for schooling?*
Ans. At the age of twelve years
Ans. At the age of sixteen years
Ans. At the age of twenty five
*8. How long did Gautama wander in search of wisdom?*
Ans. Seven years
*9. After how many days of meditation did he get enlightenment? *
Ans. After seven days
Ans. Under a fig tree
*11. Where did he give his first sermon?*
Ans. At Benaras
Ans. Because her only son had died
Ans. Awakened or Enlightenment
*14. What did Buddha ask Kisa Gotami to bring?*
Ans. A handful of mustard seeds
Ans. That death is inevitable
8. The Sermon at Benaras
(Betty Renshaw)
Short Type Q-Ans.
*1. Who was Gautama Buddha?*
Ans.
Gautam Buddha
was a Prince. His full name was Siddhartha Gautama. He was born in 563 B.C. in Northern India.
*2. How did Siddhartha Gautama get the name of
Buddha?*
Ans. Siddhartha Gautama wandered for seven
years for wisdom. Finally, he sat down under a fig tree where he got enlightenment. He renamed it 'Bodhi Tree'. He began to teach. He came to be known as the Buddha.
*3. Where did
Buddha preach his first sermon?*
Ans.
After attainment of enlightenment, Buddha preached his first sermon at the holy
city of Benaras, which is situated on the sacred river Ganga.
*4. When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house
to house. What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?*
Ans. When Kisa Gotami's son was died, she went from house to house, asking for medicine that would cure her child.
No, she didn't get it because her child was dead and no medicine couldn't alive him.
*5. Who was Kisa Gotami? Why did she come to Gautama
Buddha?*
Ans. Kisa Gotami was the wife of a wealthy man of Savatthi. Her story is famous in Buddhism. After
losing her only child, Kisa Gotami became very sad. To see her, people thought that she had lost her mind.
In last, she went to Gautama Buddha with a request to revive his son.
*6. What does the Buddha ask Kisa Gotami to do?*
Ans. The Buddha wanted the grieving woman to learn a lesson.
So, he asked her to bring a handful mustard seeds from the house where nobody had ever died.
*7. Do you think Kisa Gotami was ‘selfish in her
grief’?*
Ans. Yes, it can be
said that Kisa Gotami was 'selfish in her grief'. In the light of her tragedy, she was unable to
see that death is inevitable. In this sense, she
was selfish.
*1. Who was Gautma Buddha? What made him renounce
the world and his royal life and become a monk?*
Ans. Gautam Buddha was a Prince whose name was Siddhartha Gautama. He was
born in 563 B.C. in North India. At the age of twelve, he was sent away for
schooling. He got married at the age of sixteen. He had a son. When he was going for hunting he saw a sick man, an old man and a dead body. These sights made him so sad that he
decided to leave the palace. He wandered
for seven years and finally sat down under a tree where he got
enlightenment. After seven days of enlightenment, he renamed it 'Bodhi Tree'
and began to teach. After
attainment of enlightenment, Buddha preached his first sermon at the holy city
of Benaras, which is situated on the sacred river Gangas.
*2. How did the Buddha make Kisa Gotami realize that
death is inevitable?*
Ans. Kisa
Gotami was the wife of a
wealthy man of Savatthi. Her story is one of the more famous ones in
Buddhism. After losing her only child, Kisa Gotami became desperate and asked
if anyone could help her. Her sorrow was so great that many thought she had
lost her mind. In the last she went Gautama Buddha with a request to
revive his son. The Buddha wanted the grieving woman to learn a lesson. So, he
asked her to bring a handful mustard seeds from the house where nobody had ever died. She could not
find a house where nobody had ever died. Now she realised that death is
inevitable, no one can escape from it.