HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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flourishing of Hindu culture
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Achieving enlightenment ends the cycle of suffering
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to find answers to his questions about human life
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The Guptas’ highest priority was preserving their power.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The early Buddhist texts state that Prince Siddhārtha’s motivation in renouncing the palace life was his existential self-examination, being aware that he would grow old, become sick and die. This awareness would also inspire his teachings later, such as on suffering and the Four Noble Truths.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: While out hunting prince Siddhartha chanced upon a sick man, an aged man and then a funeral procession and he also saw a monk begging. He realised that world is full of sorrow so he left the palace in the search of enlightenment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: he wanted to know about diseases, death and other mysteries of life so he left his family and the palace and became a monk.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Siddhartha Gautama was looking for the cessation of earthly suffering and the escape from the endless cycle of death and rebirth that marred human existence.
Detailed explanation-5: -When Siddhartha Gautama was sitting under the Bodhi tree, he was thinking about how people could learn to stop suffering. 4. Who did Siddhartha Gautama become after meditating? After meditating, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha.