CLASSICS 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: 6 Years, Sesame, Mucalinda
21 Nov 2017
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Gotama wants to become that: he saw old age-> the charioteer explains that ageing is normal, he sees a person hunched over in the gutter-> charioteer explains that they are sick and diseased-> gotama is. Disgusted: he sees a dead person laying in the middle of the street-> the charioteer explains that human lives have an end. His father kept him at home and he decides to leave home in a chariot. Born a prince: he goes out one last time and he sees a calm, bald man-> the charioteer explains that this person is a sramana who is looking for an solution for old age, sickness and death. Searches for solution to old age, sickness, and death. The buddha says he will go out if only he doesn"t get sick, old or dead (cid:498)i"ll have to go then, this house is burning down(cid:499) He leaves his wife, palace women and son and he won"t.
