INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

BUDDHISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What were the ‘Four Great Signs’ that according to Buddhist tradition led Gautama to renounce the world?
A
Love, compassion, non-injury, purity
B
Old age, diseased person, dead body, an ascetic
C
That the world is full of suffering, desire and carve for existence, renunciation of desire, cycle of births and re-birth
D
None of the above.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When he was 29 years old, legend dictates, he was jolted out of his idleness by the “Four Signs”: he saw in succession an old man, a sick person, a corpse being carried to cremation, and a monk in meditation beneath a tree.

Detailed explanation-2: -What are the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path? Buddhism believes in Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path. These truths are the Truth of Suffering, The Truth of the Cause of Suffering, The Truth of the End of Suffering, and The Truth of the Path that Leads to the End of Suffering, also known as the Eightfold Path.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Four Passing Sights were: a decrepit old man, diseased man, a corpse, and a religious ascetic. Those four sights lead Gautama to live a simple and homeless life in a world of sadness and gloom. He saw the suffering in the world through the first three sights and the last one showed how there is hope in the world.

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