RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Question
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So he wouldn’t see suffering
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So he wouldn’t get sick
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So he wouldn’t fall in love
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So he wouldn’t overeat
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Detailed explanation-1: -To prevent his son and heir apparent from turning to religious life, Prince Siddhārtha’s father and rāja of the Śākya (Pali: Sakya) clan Śuddhodana (Pali: Suddhodana) did not allow him to see death or suffering, and distracted him with luxury to prevent him from worrying and becoming interested in the religious life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Siddhartha wanted to find out about why people suffer and how it might be possible to end this suffering. He decided that he would leave the palace and his family behind to go into the world to try to find some answers. He gave up all his possessions and expensive clothes to try to understand more about suffering.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, at age 29, Siddhartha, with his charioteer, went out of the protected palace grounds and, for the first time, encountered suffering, which he understood to be an inevitable part of life. He saw four sights: a man bent with old age, a person afflicted with sickness, a corpse, and a wandering ascetic.