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THE SERMON AT BENARES




                    CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING: ASSIGNMENT



                    Q1: What do you know about the early life of Buddha?

                    Q2: What did he see when he went out hunting? What did he do then?


                    Q3: Where did Buddha preach his first sermon?



                    ASSESSMENT:



                    Q.01- When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house. What does


                    she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?


                    Q.02- 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?


                    Q.03-   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?


                    Q. 04. Does the mystery of life and death baffle you? Write your view about

                    this mystery in brief.
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