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When was Siddhartha Born
The Buddha, was born in 623 B.C in the famous gardens of Lumbini. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka. -
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Describe Siddartha’s early life.
Siddartha’s father was aiming his focus in being an emperor not focusing too much on the nature and the creation. Therefore Siddartha was curious and unlike his father wanted him to be. -
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Describe the reaction of Siddartha’s father to these findings.
He was excited for his son to be the Emperor and take his father’s foot steps as a result Siddartha’s destiny was different. -
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What form of temptation did he face whilst sitting under the Bodhi Tree?
Mara is the demon who assaulted Gautama Buddha beneath the bodhi tree, using violence, sensory pleasure and mockery in an attempt to prevent the Buddha from attaining enlightenment. -
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. What form of temptation did he face whilst sitting under the Bodhi Tree?
Mara is the demon who assaulted Gautama Buddha beneath the bodhi tree, using violence, sensory pleasure and mockery in an attempt to prevent the Buddha from attaining enlightenment. -
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when was Siddhartha Gautama born
Siddhartha Gautama - Buddha, was born in 623 B.C in the famous gardens of Lumbini. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka. -
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What led Siddartha to leave the palace?
Despite his father's best intentions, Prince Siddhartha discovered the true nature of the human condition. During an excursion outside the palace walls, he saw things that caused him to think deeply about all the suffering in the world. -
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Siddartha’s youth.
When he was sixteen, his father, drawing him tighter into palace life, married him to his cousin. It wasn't long before they fell in love. -
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four journeys and four signs/encounters that changed Siddartha’s life forever.
- Old age
- Illness
- Death
- Monk