The monastery where Abbot Benedict was teaching was easily located through a Google search. As I drove down in the car, I wondered if my trip, taken on an intuition, was going to turn out to be a wild-goose chase. This was a long trip to take to heal my troubled mind. The prayer hall, when I entered it, rustled with white and mauve robes. The monks and nuns were counting their beads with various signs of attentiveness and devotion. I searched and found myself a seat at one corner. Finally, a big gong went off. Abbot Benedict, surrounded by his followers, walked down the hall while people rustled and bowed around him. "Let’s talk about peace," Abbot Benedict said. I hid my smile behind a cupped palm. I was feeling revived. His voice fell into my ears like a soothing shower on a parched land. "There are lots of obstacles to peace," the voice continued. "Before, people used to live in simple lifestyles, simple food and simple clothes. Now it's more jealousy, more competition. But even in rich western countries people feel dissatisfied because they can’t find meaning in anything." I felt embarrassed by the simplicity of his ideas. Was this going to turn out to be a discourse on the meaningful East versus the meaningless West? The silence resounded in the hall. "What we mean by practice? Practice is to change the mind in positive way. In practice, we heal our own minds with a sense of clarity and brightness." There was something about his voice that was infinitely soothing and calm. As I sat there listening to him talk on the different types of consciousness, I suddenly felt like these were things I had always known. Yet he explained it with a freshness that could not be explained away by mere intellectual analysis. He put intuitive understanding into words so clear I could almost see it. I had done pretty well for myself. I had felt so complete in my assurance about my own superiority - intellectual and material - in comparison to other people in my neighborhood. But had I missed something I was not even aware of, I wondered. The emptiness and yearnings for something otherworldly had not been filled by a spectacular rise in salary, or even an employee of the year award. "Compassion," Abbot Benedict said. Then he coughed. The hall waited. "Compassion is something…intrinsic," he continued, smiling at his inadequate vocabulary - "to all conscious beings." That was the moment when I felt a peculiar feeling of awe and shame, a sudden awakening of neurons that flooded my body. Compassion, that overused word, was something I would never get to feel or understand, unless this was it - this flood of kindness that washed away my existential tiredness; my feelings of inadequacy that no matter how hard I tried it would still not be enough, Abbot Benedict, finally had dissected life with the simple science of inner knowledge. And I, sitting in the corner with my own baggage, could only wait for him to finish so I could ask him some questions. (a) Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage. One word answers or short phrases will be accepted. [3 Marks] (i) Monastery (ii) Mauve (iii) Parched (b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words. (i) Why did the author take up a long trip to the monastery? [2 ] (ii) What did the author notice as he entered the prayer hall? [2] (iii) What was the specialty of Abbot Benedict’s voice and speech? [2] (iv) What was the topic of Abbot Benedict’s speech? [2] (v) Did the author find some solution to his problems? If so, what? [2] (vi) Why did the author wait for the monk to finish his discourse? [2]
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Answer:
A detailed answer is explained in the explanation.
Explanation:
Meaning of the following words:-
1) Monastery - a building inhabited by a community of monks who take monastic vows
2) Mauve - a pale purple color.
3) Parched - deprived of natural moisture.
Answer to the questions:-
1) To heal his disturbed mind, the author proceeds on a lengthy journey to a monastery.
2) As the author enters the monastery's prayer hall, he noticed that the hall is rustled with white and mauve robes and the monks and nuns were counting their beads with various signs of attentiveness and devotion.
3) Abbot Benedict’s voice was infinitely soothing and calm and his speech is simple and clear.
4) The topic of Abbot Benedict’s speech was "Peace".
5) Yes, the author did find some solution to his problem. He realizes that though he had a spectacular rise in salary and even has an employee of the year award, however, he lacks compassion.
6) The author wait for the monk so that he could ask him some questions.
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