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Question
Write a short note on the following:
The ‘four signs’ that Prince Siddharth beheld.
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Solution
The 'four signs' that Prince Siddharth beheld are an old man, a diseased man, a dead man, and a monk. These four signs were witnesses to the impermanence of the world. After seeing them, the Prince wondered what the cause of sorrow was, and if there was a way out of it.
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