Renunciation

• After seeing the four sights Siddhartha felt as though he could not enjoy his pleasures as they were temporary
• He realised his royalty and wealth could not prevent suffering so what was their purpose
• Siddhartha become obsessed with suffering and the fact is it unavoidable
• Siddhartha was convicted there was a way to overcome suffering and become happy
• Siddhartha decided the only way to overcome suffering and be happy was to become an ascetic
• Siddhartha left the palace and began to follow a spiritual life
• Siddhartha left his father wife and son behind in the palace
• Siddhartha went it a forest and joined a group of five ascetics
• The ascetics lived a simple life and punished the body through starvation
• They tried to overcome suffering b deliberately suffering
• Siddhartha was an ascetic for six years and ate only one grain of rice a day