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Key facts
He sat for forty-nine days until he reached enlightenment, despite Mara's temptations.
The path has eight steps.
The Four Noble Truths are the core of Buddhist teaching.
The first three sights were an old man, a sick man, and a corpse.
All things in conditioned life are impermanent.
Siddhartha became the Buddha at around age 35 after meditating under the Bodhi tree.
The Bodhi tree site is in the Indian state of Bihar.
The Eightfold Path is also called the Middle Way.
The Buddha first taught the Truths at the Deer Park in Sarnath, near Varanasi.
There are four Sights that changed Siddhartha's life.
Sample questions
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Where did the Buddha gain enlightenment?
- •At the top of a Himalayan mountain
- •In the deer park at Sarnath
- •On the banks of the River Ganges
- ✓Under the Bodhi tree
What does the Eightfold Path describe?
- •Path of holy pilgrimage
- ✓Path to end suffering
- •Path to perform rituals
- •Path to reach heaven
What is the first Noble Truth?
- •Desire is the root of all evil
- •Enlightenment ends the cycle of rebirth
- ✓Life involves suffering (dukkha)
- •The path to peace has eight stages
Name the first three sights.
- •Birth, suffering, nirvana
- •Desire, ignorance, greed
- ✓Old age, sickness, death
- •Youth, health, pleasure
What does anatta mean?
- •Constant suffering
- •Impermanence of all things
- ✓No fixed self
- •The path to enlightenment
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
- •Author of the Quran
- ✓Founder of Buddhism
- •Leader of the Hindu faith
- •Prophet of Christianity
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