The Sermon at Benaras part 4

Where did Buddha give his first sermon (with reference to the chapter ‘The Sermon at Benares’)?

• Bengal
• Bangalore
• Belapur
• Benares

__________ is the holiest of the places on the bank of the Ganges (with reference to the chapter ‘The Sermon at Benares’)?

• Bengal
• Bangalore
• Belapur
• Benares

What did Gautama Buddha’s first sermon reflect (with reference to the chapter ‘The Sermon at Benares’)?

• wisdom about death
• wisdom about mankind
• wisdom on life
• All of the above

What is the universality about death (with reference to the chapter ‘The Sermon at Benares’)?

• it is inevitable
• it can’t be escaped
• it is inscrutable kind of suffering
• All of the above

What was Kisa Gotami’s wish (with reference to the chapter ‘The Sermon at Benares’)?

• She wanted to meet Buddha
• She wanted her dead son alive
• She wanted to attain enlightenment
• None of the above

What condition did Buddha lay on Kisa Gotami in regards to the mustard seeds (with reference to the chapter ‘The Sermon at Benares’)?

• They should be fresh
• They should be from a home where no one ever died
• They should be in the whole form
• None of the above

What did Buddha tell Gotami in his sermon (with reference to the chapter ‘The Sermon at Benares’)?

• Life is brief & painful
• Everyone who takes birth, has to die
• Death spares none
• All of the above

What did Buddha compare the potter’s vessel with (with reference to the chapter ‘The Sermon at Benares’)?

• life & death
• death
• enlightenment
• None of the above

What does everyone do when any of their dear dies (with reference to the chapter ‘The Sermon at Benares’)?

• Grieves
• Blames God
• Blames life
• Attains inner peace

_____ cannot bring the dead back to life (with reference to the chapter ‘The Sermon at Benares’)?

• Prayers
• Grieving
• Blaming God
• Struggling