The Sermon at Benares

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He was born as Prince Siddhartha Gautama in northern India. After enlightenment under the peepal tree, he became known as the Buddha, which means the Awakened or the Enlightened.

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At about the age of twenty-five, he saw a sick man, an aged man, a funeral procession, and a monk begging for alms. These sights made him think deeply about suffering and death, and he went out to see…

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Buddha is a title meaning the Awakened or the Enlightened. It is not his birth name. He earned this title after enlightenment under the peepal tree.

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Siddhartha Gautama sat under the peepal tree for seven days until enlightenment came. After that, he renamed it the Bodhi Tree, or Tree of Wisdom. It became a symbol of spiritual knowledge.

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A sermon is a religious or moral talk. In this chapter, the Buddha’s sermon teaches a lesson about suffering, death, and the need to overcome grief.

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Her only son had died, and she wanted medicine to bring him back to life. At first, she could not accept that death had happened, so she kept asking neighbours for help.

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They said, "She has lost her senses. The boy is dead." This shows that they understood the child was dead, even though Kisa Gotami was unable to accept it.

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A man told her, "I cannot give thee medicine for thy child, but I know a physician who can." He then said, "Go to Sakyamuni, the Buddha."…