Reading Notes: The Life of Buddha Part B

In the second part of the reading Siddhartha sees the real truths about life. He thinks the world is all happy places, where everyone is joyous. Then one day he decides to go out of the palace to see the nature and admire its beauty however, gods sends a a man who is sick to his way to enlighten him. He sees a sick man and becomes disturbed of how the life is and how it could end for him. He goes out again and sees old age and is greatly disturbed by the thought of loosing beauty. The third time he goes out he sees death, when a group of people are carrying out a dead man. He had lived most of his life in a palace sheltered by his dad, but then he sees the real truths of beauty, old age and death. He becomes troubled with those thoughts and seeks to give up pleasure so he leaves his palaces. The queen becomes really sad for his lover leaving her behind without any words. I think this was one of the sad scene and I would change it around by maybe letting Siddhartha and his wife go together in the forest like Rama and Sita to seek peace and answers to the question of life.

Bibliography: The Life of Buddha by Herold

Buddha leaving his family and luxury behind 

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