WORLD RELIGIONS

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BUDDHISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Siddhartha gave up his life as a ____ to become a ____
A
teacher, firefighter
B
priest, prince
C
prince, monk
D
king, peasant
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Why did prince Siddhartha leave the palace and became a beggar? 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-2: -He lived the sheltered life of a typical prince, with every luxury he could desire. 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.

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