Grief is often seen as a measure of love. Justify your response to Buddha's Sermon. (Sermon at Benares). [Suggest some value points]
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- Kisa Gotami was tormented by her son’s sudden death; and not realising that death is inevitable, she begged for medicine from everyone to save the child.
- Filled with hope, she went from house to house, begging for those magic grains, she found there was not a household which had not lost a dear one some time in the past.
- She understood that her love for her child had prevented her from seeing pain and sorrow which was prevalent around. She realised she had become selfish in her grief.
- It can be concluded that deeper the love, greater the grief of losing the loved one. Certainly, grief is often seen as a measure of love.