Question

Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that follow :
The world beyond the palace Just as the Buddha’s teachings were compiled by his followers, the teachings of Mahavira were also recorded by his disciples. These were often in the form of stories, which could appeal to ordinary people. Here is one example, from a Prakrit text known as the Uttaradhyayana Sutta, describing how a queen named Kamalavati tried to persuade her husband to renounce the world: If the whole world and all its treasures were yours, you would not be satisfied, nor would all this be able to save you. When you die, O king and leave all things behind, dhamma alone, and nothing else will save you. As a bird dislikes the cage, so do I dislike (the world). I shall live as a nun without offspring, without desire, without the love of gain, and without hatred…. Those who have enjoyed pleasures and renounced them, move about like the wind, and go wherever they please, unchecked like birds in their flight … Leave your large kingdom … abandon what pleases the senses, be without attachment and property, then practice severe penance, being firm of energy …
(i) Who compiled the teachings of Buddha and Mahavira?
(ii) Explain how did the queen try to convince her husband to renounce the world.
(iii) Describe any three principles of Jainism.

Answer 1

Answer:

1 it compiled by Bhudas's teachings

Explanation:

2 from queen kamalavati to without haterd 3

Answer 2

The answer to the given questions are as follows:

(i) Who compiled the teachings of Buddha and Mahavira?

The followers of Buddha and Mahavira compiled their teachings.

• All the teachings were recorded by their disciples.

• They were in the form of stories, which could easily appeal to ordinary people.

(ii) Explain how did the queen try to convince her husband to renounce the world?

The queen tries to convince her husband to renounce the world in the following ways:

• She described the greedy nature of human beings.

• She made her husband understand that all of the materialistic things  will not be able to permanently to satisfy the requirements.

• She urges him to practice penance and attain salvation.

(iii) Describe any three principles of Jainism.

The three principles of Jainism are as follows:

• The entire world is animated and living. Even water, rocks and stones are living in nature.

• The principle of Ahimsa is non-injury to living beings, especially to humans, animals, plants, and insects.

• Karma is governed by the way of living. The cycle of birth and rebirth is shaped through karma.