RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Question
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The father of Siddhartha Gautama wanted him to become a mighty ruler, and to insure that his son would achieve this goal he ____
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forbade him from leaving the palace
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forbade him from all religious study
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gave him everything he could want or need
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gave him a large territory to rule
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -His father, fearing he would become the latter if he were exposed to the suffering of the world, protected him from seeing or experiencing anything unpleasant or upsetting for the first 29 years of his life.
Detailed explanation-2: -He taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and severe asceticism, leading to Nirvana, that is, freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth, and suffering.
Detailed explanation-3: -Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism who later became known as “the Buddha, ‘’ lived during the 5th century B.C.
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