RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Question
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he was afraid his son would become ill.
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he was preparing his son to become a priest.
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he wanted his son to become a king.
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he wanted his son to follow ascetics.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The king wanted his son to inherit the kingdom. Therefore, he decided to prevent Siddhartha from becoming interested in the life of a holy man and the world outside the palace. The king ordered the young prince to be protected from all evidence of suffering and imperfection, including sickness, old age and death.
Detailed explanation-2: -His father, evidently thinking that any contact with unpleasantness might prompt Siddhartha to seek a life of renunciation as a religious teacher, and not wanting to lose his son to such a future, protected him from the realities of life.
Detailed explanation-3: -A wicked deity, Mara, tried to frighten him, but Siddhartha was not swayed. Mara then tried to tempt Siddhartha with his three daughters; Discontent, Delight and Desire. Again, Siddhartha resisted.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to these accounts, at the birth of Prince Siddhārtha Gautama, the Buddha-to-be, Brahmin priests predicted that he would either become a world teacher or a world ruler.