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ABOUT THE AUTHOR


































                Betty Louise Renshaw Barber was born in Shannon, Mississippi on September 3, 1927,



                to  P.  C.  and  Lillian Renshaw.  After  graduating  valedictorian  from  Shannon  High



                School, she went on to obtain her Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College,



                and  later  a  Master  of  Arts  from  Mississippi  University  for  Women.  The  prose  ‘The


                Sermon of Benares’ comes from the source of Betty Renshaw. The author talks about



                how Buddha was surprised by the difficulties faced by humans and also death. Buddha



                wanted to know  more and he got  enlightenment under the Bodh tree. Then, a  tale is


                narrated showing that death cannot be escaped and there is no house where death has



                not knocked the door.
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