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- There were signs before and after the birth of the Prince that he would become a special person.His mother, Queen Maya, has a special dream that foretold that her son was going to be a very special spiritual leader.
- The life of the Prince was one of greatprivilege. He was sheltered from any exposure to the outside world.He was never allowed to leave the grounds of the palace.
- Prince Siddhartha grew frustrated over the years andwhen he was 29 years old, he sneaked out of thepalace for the first time ever. He saw four things that he had never seen before and these changed his life forever.
- The Prince was deeply affected by the things he saw.He felt that he needed to understand why there was somuch suffering in the world.He took off his royal robes, put on simple clothes and shaved his head. He decided to become a holy man to try and find out the answer to the question.
- Siddhartha spent 6 years travelling around Northern India. He met a group of monks who thought that if you ate and drunk as little as possible and spent time thinking, you will understand the meaning of life.He became very ill and still was no clearer that before. He decided that this was not the way to find the answer and left the group of monks.
- He came across a holy fig tree and sat underneath it to meditate. He stayed there for 46 days, paying no attention to what was happening around him.As he sat meditating under the tree, he found that he understoodthe answer to his question. He became enlightened. He became the Buddha (the enlightened one).
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