Part One: Life of the Buddha

EXERCISE 28. The Story of Lady Patacara

  1. Who did Patacara marry?
  2. Why did Patacara’s husband not want to go to her parents’ house?
  3. What did Patacara tell her neighbours when she left for her parents’ house?
  4. How did she try to take her children across the river?
  5. What happened to her husband?
  6. How did the Buddha help her?