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Question 1., When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house? What does she ask for? Does she, get it? Why not?, Answer:, 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., Question 2., Why do you think Kisa Gotami understood this only the second time? In what way did Buddha, change her understanding?, Answer:, Earlier, she could see only her grief. When she went from door to door the second time, she, understood that everyone was dealing the with the loss of a beloved one. There was not a, single house in the town, where death had not taken a father, a mother, a sister, a brother, son, or a daughter. Everyone, at some point or the other, have experienced the death of their loved, ones. Gautama Buddha helped her to understand all this, as he told her to bring a handful of, mustard seeds from a house where death had never knocked at the door. This way she got, aware that death is common to all human beings., Question 3., How do you usually understand the idea of selfishness? Do you agree with Kisa Gotami that, she was being selfish in her grief?, Answer:, 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 and finally went to Buddha to ask for help., Question 4, “The life of mortals in this world is troubled and brief and combined with pain… .” with this, statement of the Buddha, find out what Kisa Gotami learnt after the death of her child., Answer:, According to Buddha, all men are mortal so those who have been born cannot avoid dying. Life, of mortal is always troubled and brief. Sorrow and suffering are inevitable to the mortals. All, young . and adults fall into the power of death; all are subject to death. So the wise do not, grieve, knowing the terms of the world. Kisa Gotami after the death of her child learnt from lord, Buddha that death is common to all; he who has overcome pain will become free from pain, and, be blessed