WOMS210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Noble Eightfold Path, Wet Nurse, Four Noble Truths

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WOMS210
• Professor: Naccarelli Reese Jennifer

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A prince among a clan of warrior. Married his cousin when he was 16: had a son, loved his wife. He left the palace for the first time when he was when he was 29: he sa(cid:449) the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld"s suffe(cid:396)i(cid:374)g si(cid:272)k(cid:374)ess a(cid:374)d death. After the experience he left the palace: he was determined to comprehend the nature of suffering. It is said that siddhartha had lived many lives before this one: as countless animals and humans, experiencing life in all its human form. Siddhartha joined renouncers: he met five people that practiced asceticism. It is believed that if you punish the body it begins to have no influence: by subduing the flesh, they can gain spiritual power. He the(cid:374) (cid:396)ealized his still has(cid:374)"t fou(cid:374)d the a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396) to his (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h is ho(cid:449) to suffering. On the verge of death, he realized that joy is already in the world and that everything is connected.