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Gautama Buddha preached his first sermon at Benares. When Kisa Gotami came to him requesting to bring her dead son back to life, Buddha asked her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no one had died. Kisa Gotami went from house to house but could not find any home where there had been no death. This made her understand that death is inevitable and common to all. Buddha taught that one must accept death and suffering as part of life, and not lament over losses.

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Eng - 6th Sept - WS

Gautama Buddha preached his first sermon at Benares. When Kisa Gotami came to him requesting to bring her dead son back to life, Buddha asked her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no one had died. Kisa Gotami went from house to house but could not find any home where there had been no death. This made her understand that death is inevitable and common to all. Buddha taught that one must accept death and suffering as part of life, and not lament over losses.

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ARBOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

ENGLISH CONTENT BASED WORKSHEET (2021 – ’22)

Grade:XSec: ______
Name: ___________________________ Roll.no: ___________Date: _____________
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Literature Reader- Lesson-The Sermon at Benares

Fillin the Mind Map of the Lesson -The Sermon at Benaresby highlighting the
important points.

Life of Gautama Buddha,


who was born in a royal
Then she came to know
family as Siddhartha.
that death is common to Once he saw a sick man,
all and is the ultimate a funeral procession, an
truth. aged man, and a monk
begging for alms.

The lady moved from one


house to another but she These sights moved him a
could not find a single lot and he decided to
house where no one had renounce all the worldly
The Sermon at Benares
lost a child, husband, pleasures and left his
parents or friend. palace in search of
enlightenment.

Gautama Buddha asked He started meditation


the lady to bring handful under a peepal tree and
of mustard seeds from the after seven days he got
house were there had been enlightenment and he
He preached his first
no death. became known as the
sermon at Benares. Once
a woman, Kisa Gotami Buddha.
came to him requesting to
bring her dead son to life.
Answer the following questions.

1. What did Buddha say about death and suffering?


After enlightenment, Buddha started to spread his teachings about life, truth and the
likes of it. He told that death and suffering are the part and parcel of life. None can
avoid this truth. One has to meet one’s destined end one day. Whoever has come to the
world, will die one day. In the hour of grief, one must remain calm and composed so
that grief doesn’t overcome one. People who are wise, never complain or lament over
their loss. They accept the truth and be blessed with it. So, the wisdom lies in the fact
that people should not get distressed with pain, suffering and death.

2. Why and how did Siddhartha Gautama become the Buddha?

Gautama Buddha was born as a prince named Siddhartha Gautama in northern India.
At the age of twelve, he was sent away for learning the Hindu sacred scriptures. Four
years later he returned home to marry a princess. They had a son and lived for ten
years as befitted royalty. Upto the age of twenty-five, the prince was shielded from
the sufferings of the world. Then while going out for hunting, he came across by
chance a sick man, an aged man, a funeral procession, and finally a monk begging for
alms. These sights moved the prince so much that he went out into the world to seek a
state of high spiritual knowledge concerning the sorrows of human beings. He
wandered for seven years and finally sat down under a peepal tree. He got
enlightenment after seven days. After that he came to be known as the Buddha.

3. How did Buddha make Kisa Gotami understand about the reality of death?

Kisa Gotami’s only son had died. In her grief she carried the dead child to all her
neighbours, asking them for medicine. Then a man suggested her to go to Sakyamuni,
the Buddha. Kisa Gotami requested Gautama Buddha to give her the medicine that
would cure her son.The Buddha replied that he wanted a handful of mustard-seed
which must be taken from a house where no one had lost a child, husband, parent or
friend. Kisa Gotami went from house to house. People pitied her but she could not find
any house where near and dear one had not died. She thought how selfish she had been
in her grief. She realised that death is common to all human beings.

4. What did Kisa Gotami do after the Buddha had asked her for a handful of mustard
seed?
Kisa Gotami went from house to house to get a handful of mustard seed. People gave
her the mustard seed. But when she asked if anyone had died in their family, they
regretfully told her that the livings were few, but the deads were many. Kisa Gotami
found no house where someone had not died.

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