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everyone grew old, Siddhartha was
depressed. To see diseased people,
and decaying corpses. From here
Siddhartha decided to overcome
ageing, sickness, and death by living
the life of an ascetic. Siddhartha quit
his palace life and exchanged it for
the life of a mendicant. He began
his ascetic life by begging for alms visit the kingdom of Magadha when
in the street. The King of another he had attained enlightenment.
nation recognized Siddhartha in his He left even further and practised
quest and offered the throne to him. under two hermit teachers of yogic
However Siddhartha rejected the meditation. After mastering the
offer, but promised that he would teachings, he was asked by Kalama to
