English Language & Literature — CBSE Class 10 board question

The Buddha's sermon is both valid and moving. Grief indeed reflects the depth of love — Kisa Gotami's desperate search for medicine shows how intensely she loved her son. However, the Buddha wisely teaches that clinging to grief causes only more pain. True love should inspire acceptance, not endless lamentation, since death is universal and inevitable.

The question asks you to justify your response, so you must take a position and support it. Examiners expect:

• Acknowledgement that grief = measure of love (linking it to Kisa Gotami's example)
• The Buddha's counter-point: grief prolongs suffering without helping the dead
• A balanced or concluded stance

Avoid writing only one side. Use evidence from the story (Kisa Gotami) and the sermon ("not from weeping will anyone obtain peace of mind") to support your answer.