1. Around 563 B.C., a prince named Siddhartha Gautama was born in India.
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2. Siddhartha was a Hindu prince, born into a life of luxury.
Sheltered and protected, he knew
no suffering.
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3. But when Siddhartha was a man, he longed to see the city.
His father allowed him to visit the
city but tried to limit the suffering
the prince saw.
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4. But life has suffering and the father could not prevent his
son from seeing
the sights of
suffering.
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5. Siddhartha saw a sick man and realized that sickness comes
to all men, even kings.
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6. Siddhartha saw an old man and realized that old age comes to
every man, even kings.
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7. Siddhartha saw a corpse, a dead man knowing that death comes to
every man, even kings.
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8. suffering. He discovered
Yes, upon leaving
the palace,
Siddhartha
discovered the
existence of
suffering. He discovered
that life has
suffering.
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9. Siddhartha left his wife and child. He left the palace and its luxury.
He joined the ascetics or holy men
to find the cause and then
the cessation of suffering.
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10. The ascetics fasted and meditated for hours and days. They tried to
conquer the body to conquer the
illusion. Yes, the Hindu ascetics
believed that this life was an illusion and that by conquering the illusion, the god self could be realized.
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11. But Siddhartha did not find his answers among the Hindu ascetics.
He became increasingly thin and weak.
He decided to eat some rice.
The ascetics were angry and told Siddhartha to leave.
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12. Siddhartha decided to meditate until he realized the cause and
cessation of suffering.
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13. Under the Bodhi tree, Siddhartha found his answer. He became the
Buddha or the Enlightened One.
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14. Buddha formulated his answer in the Four Noble Truths.
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15. The First Truth: Life has suffering.
The Second Truth: Desire is the cause
of suffering.
The Third Truth: Suffering can end.
The Fourth Truth: Follow the
Noble Eightfold Path.
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17. Nirvana is the end of suffering.
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18. Buddha did not accept the caste system. His religion was not popular
in India but spread to other lands.
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