RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Question
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old.
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sick.
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dying.
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all of these things.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the age of 29, Siddhartha decided he wanted his life to change. He asked his father for permission to leave the palace, and his father allowed him to take a series chariot rides ouside the palace gates.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ravages of poverty, disease, and even old age were therefore unknown to Siddhartha, who grew up surrounded by every comfort in a sumptuous palace. At age twenty-nine, he made three successive chariot rides outside the palace grounds and saw an old person, a sick person, and a corpse, all for the first time.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prince Siddhartha’s father wanted his son to be a great and powerful ruler. The king was worried about the Brahmins’ predictions. If the prince saw the world’s suffering, he might ignore his royal duties to seek a spiritual path.