The Four Sights

• Buddhism: A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.
• Buddha 


  Enlightened One.
• Siddhartha Gautama 


  Founder of Buddhism (Buddha).
• Prophecy 


  A prediction of the future.
• Anguttara Nikaya 


  Describes how the Buddha was 'delicately nurtured'.
• The Four Sights

  Old age, sickness, death, holy man.
• The Four Sights: Siddhartha saw an old man and realised everyone ages.
• The Four Sights: Siddhartha saw someone in pain and realised illness is part of life.
• The Four Sights - Siddhartha saw a Holy Man with a peaceful expression. He thought that a spiritual answer to suffering was possible.
• Jakata Tales 


  Stories about Buddha's past lives.