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- Prince Siddhartha was born about 563 B.C.E. in the northernpart of India, near the Himalaya Mountains. His father,Suddhodana, was a powerful king. His mother was the beautifulQueen Maya.
- The king decided to protect his son from all the horrors of the world. he provided his on with gardens amusement and great food
- The brahmins told me this would happen
- He is perfect
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- After Siddhartha became a father, the king gave him morefreedom to travel outside the royal palaces.
- At the age of 16, Prince Siddhartha married a beautiful youngnoblewoman. For 12 years the couple lived together in perfect peace,enjoying the prince's many palaces. When Sijddhartha turned 29,they had a son.
- I wonder what the outside world is like
- Some days he wouldsit under a rose apple tree and think about the world beyondhis reach.
- onthe first trip they saw an old man he looked horrible, the chariot driver said that peoples bodys get weaker the older you get
- every body weakens at an age
- On the second trip, the prince and his driver saw a mancrying out in pain on the ground.
- he is sick
- he looks terible
- whats up with him
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- Prince Siddhartha's experiences with suffering changed himforever. Suddenly, his royal life seemed empty. He wanted to findthe happiness and peace the ascetic had found.
- One night the prince asked his faithful driver to take him tothe forest. At Siddhartha removed hisroyal robes,, He cut off his hair with a knife.He put on a simple robe Siddhartha began hislife as an ascetic.
- He decided to balance himself between theextremes of pleasure and pain. He would be neither a prince noran ascetic. Instead, he wouldseek a "middle way" as a path to enlightenment
- soon enough he began to starve
- he believed he could reach enlightenment throughmeditation.
- Siddhartha had learned that giving up bodily pleasures did notbring enlightenment.
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