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What two paths could be the prince's future?
Enlightenment or a powerful leader
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What is an ascetic?
An Ascetic is a person who gives up pleasures or needs to reach enlightenment.
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At 29 years old, he traveled outside of his wealthy world, and found what three forms of suffering?
Old age, sickness, and death.
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What does the Middle Way include?
The Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Paths, and 5 Precepts.
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What form of suffering did the prince see first while on his journey?
Old age.
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Is Nirvana and Enlightenment the same thing? If so, what are they?
Yes, they are the end goal in Buddhism which is to end suffering.
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What does Buddha mean?
Awakened One
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What is the one main theme that the Four Noble Truths express?
That everything changes.
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What is the Buddha's name?
Siddhartha Gautama
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What is Sangha?
Sangha is a community in Buddhism of Monks for example.
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