Siddhartha Gautama, later known to be referenced with nicknames such as the Buddha, enlightened one, and the awakened, was born in Nepal in 6 B.C. into a large clan called the Shakyas. Gautama’s mother died shortly after his birth. Days after Gautama’s birth, a prophet saw the young prince becoming a great military leader or a great spiritual teacher. His Father Suddhodana, king of Kapilavastu and leader of the Shakya clan, felt that in order to keep Gautama from witnessing the sorrow, violence, and pain outside the palace, he must live a life in isolation. Gautama lived in a palace made just for him, where he lived a luxuries life and was confined from learning about anything outside of the palace walls. Although Gautama lived a life in confinement, he got married at the age of 16 to Yasodhara, Gautama’s cousin and a princess from the royal clan of Koliyas. Although Gautama was a married man at the age of 16, he still lived a life inside the palace until was finally 29 years old. Going into his thirties with barely any knowledge of the outside world, Gautama made a decision to escape the palace and explore the world that his father tried to keep him away from for the past 29 years. Not soon after his steps into the real world, Gautama was tackled …show more content…
Gautama’s charioteers had to explain to the prince that people do not stay young forever, and eventually people aged and their skin turns wrinkly, their bones get more fragile, and their health can possibly become worse. As the prince continued his journey in the real world he came across another imagine that his eyes have never seen, and that was a sick man. Gautama was beginning to see the hardship of the world. Although the prince saw the reality of life people live, he continued his journey. As the prince continued to explore, Gautama saw a corpse. The prince had finally seen the most painful reality of life, and that is