HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Siddhartha Gautama meditated underneath a tree
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Siddhartha Gautama became disenchanted with life
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Siddhartha Gautama wandered through forest for years
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Siddhartha Gautama gained insight into human suffering
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Detailed explanation-1: -Five life stages The exhibition guides visitors through the life of Siddhārtha Gautama, also known as the Buddha. His life story is divided into five stages: birth, insight, enlightenment, the first discourse and finally death.
Detailed explanation-2: -Over the next six years Siddhartha wandered from place to place, in search of the mystery of life and death. He sat under a peepal tree in Bodh Gaya and began to meditate. After many days of meditation he attained enlightenment and came to be known as Buddha or the ‘Enlightened One’.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Eight Great Events are: the Birth of the Buddha, the Enlightenment, the First Sermon, the Parileyyakka Retreat (honey rice offering), the Taming of Nalagiri elephant, the Descent from Tavatimsa Heaven, the Miracle at Sravasti and the Parinirvana.
Detailed explanation-4: -Siddhartha had been shielded from the sufferings of the world. However, when he was twenty-five, Siddhartha saw a sick man, then an aged man, and finally a funeral procession. Finally, he came across a monk begging for alms. This was his first encounter with the harsh realities of life.
Detailed explanation-5: -Dukkha-dukkha – the suffering of suffering. This refers to the physical and emotional discomfort and pain all humans experience in their lives. Viparinama-dukkha – the suffering of change. Sankhara-dukkha – the suffering of existence.