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प्रश्न
When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house. What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?
उत्तर
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.
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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.
Why did the Buddha choose Benares to preach his first sermon?
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?
What does Kisa Gotami understand the second time that she failed to understand the first time? Was this what the Buddha wanted her to understand?
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.
"These sights so moved him that he at once went out into the world to seek enlightenment." What were the sights that moved 'him'?
Kisa Gotami admitted that she was being selfish in grief. Do you agree? Why/Why not?
How does Buddha bring about a different perspective in Kisa Gotami's understanding of life?
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
“As ripe fruits are in danger of falling early, so mortals when born are always in danger of death’. With this statement of the Buddha find out the moral values that Kisa Gotami learnt after the death of her child.
