RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Question
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Siddhartha Gautama didn’t travel outside his palace(s) until he was ____
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15 years old
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19 years old
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20 years old
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29 years old
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -At one stage of his life, he encountered human sufferings such as disease, old age and death and discussed these sufferings with his charioteer Channa. He left his home at the age of 29 years to live a life of an ascetic which is known as Mahabhinishkramana (the great departure).
Detailed explanation-2: -However, at age 29, Siddhartha, with his charioteer, went out of the protected palace grounds and, for the first time, encountered suffering, which he understood to be an inevitable part of life.
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