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What did Siddartha Gautama do after seeing old age, sickness, death, and finally a holy man in the city streets?

** A.

vowed to rule his people so that fewer would be sick and face old age and death in poverty
B.

shut himself up in the palace and refused to travel outside again
C.

took his riches from the palace and gave them to the needy in the city
D.

cut his hair, traded his robes, and became a religious seeker

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Answers

Answered by agrippa
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D. Cut h is hair, traded his robes and became a religious seeker.

Explanation:

  • Gautama Buddha  was confined to his palace by his father because an ascetic had propecised that he would become an ascetic if he sees the sufferings of life.  
  • The sights made him realise the impermanence of existence. It  made him realise the sufferings of humans
  • It is known as four passing sights in which Siddhartha Gautama saw an old man, a sick man, a corpse and an ascetic.  
  • The first three helped him to understand the human condition and the last one helped him to understand what he should do with his life.
  • These sights showed him that life is suffering and pain. after that event he decided to follow the path of the monk.

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