WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Enlightenment. One day, seated beneath the Bodhi tree (the tree of awakening) Siddhartha became deeply absorbed in meditation, and reflected on his experience of life, determined to penetrate its truth. He finally achieved Enlightenment and became the Buddha.

Detailed explanation-2: -If the prince were to see the “four passing sights”-old age, sickness, death, and a wandering ascetic-he would renounce his royal life and seek enlightenment.

Detailed explanation-3: -After encountering an old man, an ill man, a corpse and an ascetic, Gautama was convinced that suffering lay at the end of all existence. 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.