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Question
Briefly explain the following event in Buddha’s life:
Renunciation
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Solution
At the ‘four great sights’ Gautam decided to renounce worldly life and go out in search of answers to the mysteries of life and death. One night, at the age of 29, while his son and wife were asleep, he quietly slipped out of the house, breaking all worldly ties. He became an ascetic.
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