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Question
What is known as the Great Renunciation?
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Solution
The urge for finding a solution to the problems of human suffering and death, made Buddha broke all his wordy ties and left his place at the age of 29 as an ascetic in search of the truth. This event came to be known as the Great Renunciation (Maha Parityaga).
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