{"id":6800,"date":"2023-10-21T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T09:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/?p=6800"},"modified":"2023-10-21T09:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T09:59:02","slug":"ncert-solutions-class-10-english-first-flight-chapter-10-the-sermon-at-benares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-10-english-first-flight-chapter-10-the-sermon-at-benares\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Solutions Class 10 English (First Flight) Chapter 10 (The Sermon at Benares)"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCERT Solutions Class 10 English (First Flight)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 10 English (First Flight) Chapter – 10 The Sermon at Benares <\/strong>has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter – 10 (The Sermon at Benares)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Thinking About the Text
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1. <\/span>When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house? What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nAnswer – <\/span><\/strong>After the death of her only son, Kisa Gotami was overcome with grief. She carried the dead body of her son in her arms and went from door to door asking for medicine to cure her child, but nobody could provide any medicine. For there is no such medicine available which can bring a dead person back to life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>Kisa Gotami again goes from house to house after she speaks with the Buddha. What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nAnswer – <\/span><\/strong>When she met the Buddha, he asked her to get a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no one had lost a child, husband, parent, or friend. She went from house to house, but could not get the mustard seeds because there was not a single house where no one had died in the family.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. <\/span>What does Kisa Gotami understand the second time that she failed to understand the first time? Was this what Buddha wanted her to understand?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nAnswer – <\/span><\/strong>Kisa Gotami understood the second time that death is common to all and that she was being selfish in her grief. There was no house where some beloved had not died. Yes, this was what the Buddha wanted her to understand.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4. <\/span>Why do you think Kisa Gotami understood this only the second time? In what way did Buddha change her understanding?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nAnswer – <\/span><\/strong>She understood this only the second time. All families told her that there had occurred a death in their families. Then they asked her not to remind them of their deep grief. Buddha made her understand cleverly that death is inevitable to all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5. <\/span>How do you usually understand the idea of selfishness? Do you agree with Kisa Gotami that she was being selfish in her grief?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nAnswer – <\/span><\/strong>A selfish person is one who only thinks about himself or herself, and to some extent Kisa Gotami was being selfish because we are humans and it is natural for us to die. We do not easily accept the death of our loved ones. Same has happened with Kisa Gotami. As it was her only child, she did not want him to die finally went to Buddha to ask for help.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thinking About Language<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I. This text is written in an old-fashioned style, for it reports an incident more than two millennia old. Look for the following words and phrases in the text, and try to rephrase them in more current language, based on how you understand them.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n