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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the young prince who lived in luxury and chose to become a holy man by experiencing the suffering of modern men and women?
A
Siddhartha Guatama
B
Yahweh (God)
C
Confucious
D
Moses
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Siddhartha Gautama (better known as the Buddha, l. c. 563-c. 483 BCE) was, according to legend, a Hindu prince who renounced his position and wealth to seek enlightenment as a spiritual ascetic, attained his goal and, in preaching his path to others, founded Buddhism in India in the 6th-5th centuries BCE.

Detailed explanation-2: -iii. As a young man Prince Siddhartha did not know anything of the outside world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ("the awakened"), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.

Detailed explanation-4: -His name was Siddhartha Gautama. He was born in present-day Lumbini, Nepal. The term Buddha means, “the enlightened one".

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