The Sermon at Benares — Important Questions

A sick man, An aged man, A funeral procession, A monk begging for alms

The text mentions that Prince Siddhartha saw four specific sights: a sick man, an aged man, a funeral procession, and a monk begging for alms. These sights showed him the reality of suffering and moved him to seek enlightenment.

False

Kisa Gotami did not immediately understand. She had to go from house to house looking for mustard seeds from a family that had never experienced death. Only after this experience did she realize that death is universal.

It must be from a house where no child has died, It must be from a house where no husband has died, It must be from a house where no parent has died, It must be from a house where no friend has died

Buddha specified that the mustard seed must come from a house where no one has lost a child, husband, parent, or friend. This condition made it impossible to find, teaching about the universality of death and loss.

False

Kisa Gotami could not find mustard seed from any house that had not experienced death. The text states 'there was no house but some beloved one had died in it.'