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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What 3 things did Siddhartha see when he left the palace?
A
a sick man, a poor man, and Itachi Uchiha
B
an ugly man, a poor man, and a dead man
C
a sick man, a poor man, and a dead man
D
a sick man, a strange man, and a dead man
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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. He began to think about old age, disease, and death and decided to follow the way of the monk.

Detailed explanation-2: -But during his early years, Siddhartha experiences the “Four Passing Sights”-he sneaks out of palace and sees inequality and suffering of world: decrepit old man. diseased person. death.

Detailed explanation-3: -Siddhartha left the palace at night, never to return. He left behind a young wife and son, as well as his father. Siddhartha’s decision to give up his life of comfort and ease was his first step to becoming a Buddha. Siddhartha became an ascetic.

Detailed explanation-4: -Three obvious kinds of suffering correspond to the first three sights the Buddha saw on his first journey outside his palace: old age, sickness and death.

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