WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -He wanted to find the happiness and peace that the ascetic had found, Siddhartha decided to give up his old lifestyle and search for enlightenment. Becoming enlightened would mean finding deep truth and freedom from suffering. One night, the prince asked his driver to take him to the forest.

Detailed explanation-2: -After defeating the forces of the demon Mara, Siddhartha reached enlightenment (1982.233) and became a Buddha (“enlightened one”) at the age of thirty-five. The Buddha continued to sit after his enlightenment, meditating beneath the tree and then standing beside it for a number of weeks.

Detailed explanation-3: -He renounced his princely title and became a monk, depriving himself of worldly possessions in the hope of comprehending the truth of the world around him. The culmination of his search came while meditating beneath a tree, where he finally understood how to be free from suffering, and ultimately, to achieve salvation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Buddha believed that most suffering is caused by a tendency to crave or desire things. A person might crave something nice to eat or desire to go on a nice holiday or earn lots of money. Buddhism teaches that through being dissatisfied with their lives and craving things, people suffer.