SERMON AT BENARAS
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INSPIRED BY - AMRITA MAM
MADE BY - ARUNITA BERA OF CLASS X D
INSPIRED BY - AMRITA MAM
MADE BY - ARUNITA BERA OF CLASS X D
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DEATH IS INEVITABLE [THEME]
CHARACTERS--GAUTAM BUDDHA & KISA GOTAMI

REAL NAME- SIDDHARTH GAUTAMA
AT AGE 12, WENT TO STUDY SCRIPTURES
AT AGE 16,GOT MARRIED
AT 25,SAW

HER SON DIED
WENT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE ASKING FOR MEDICINE FOR DEAD SON
WENT TO BUDDHA --- ASKED HER TO GET MUSTARD SEEDS FROM HOUSE WHERE NO ONE IS DEAD
GOES FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY SUCH MUSTARD SEED
REALISES THE TRUTH OF LIFE THAT:
LIFE IS LIKE LAMP ,FLICKERS THEN EXTINGUISHED
SHE WAS SHELFISH IN HER OWN GRIEF
SURRENDERS HER SELFISHNESS
DEATH IS COMMON TO ALL

LIFE IS FULL OF SUFFERING AND PAIN
WE ALL FALL UNDER THE POWER OF DEATH
LIKE RIPE FRUITS,EARTHEN VESSEL
WISE MEN DO NOT GRIEVE
LAMENTATIONS,CRYING AND GRIEF ONLY CAUSE SUFFERING
THOSE WHO OVERCOME SORROW,ARE BLESSED!

WANDERED FOR 7 YEARS
GOT ENLIGHTMENT AFTER 7 DAYS UNDER
UNDER BODHI TREE[TREE OF WISDOOM]
RENAMED AS BUDDHA(THE AWAKENED]
PREACHED FIRST SERMON NER GANGA AT BENARAS
