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The RENUNCIATION
The RENUNCIATION
He asked himself why there was Siddhartha took off his royal A former friend of his named
so much suffering in the world. robes, put on simple clothes and Ghatikara Maha Brahma offered
He decided to become a holy gave a last look at his wife and him all the eight requisites [Attha
man himself and to go off in son before he left the palace Parikkhara in Pali] to become a
search of the answer. grounds at midnight to seek an monk wearing yellow robes. He
answer to all the sufferings in the became a penniless wandering
The first three encounters world. ascetic. He is no longer called a
weighed heavily on him where prince but a Bodhisattva, a
he contemplated deeply on the The Prince asked Channa to wisdom being, one who is intent
transitory nature of existence, bring his favorite horse to become an enlightened being, 悉达多太⼦削发修道
Prince Siddhartha
while the fourth brought him a Kanthakaand rode off into the a Buddha. cutting off his hair
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sense of the possibility of darkness of the night crossing
deliverance. As a result, at the age the river Anoma, in Kapilavastu,
of 29, Prince Siddhartha where he rested on its bank.
renounced his kingdom leaving With his sword he shaved his
his princely duties and hair and beard and wearing
prerogatives in search of the white robes he became an 悉达多太⼦越过阿拔弥河
truth. ascetic. Prince Siddhartha
crossing Anoma River
(斯⾥兰卡 Sri Lanka:
2014)
