Buddha

The Buddha was born Prince Siddharta Gautama

• True

• False

When the Buddha was a baby....

• a wise man told his parents that if he ever saw the outside world he would become a religious leader

• a wise man said he would one day become king

• a wise man said he would one day lose his faith

Siddharta's father kept his son at the palace and

• gave him several wives

• gave him everything he could ever wish for

• stopped him from going into the garden

• locked him up in a tower

which one of these was one of the 'four sights' the young prince saw when he went out into the local town?

• he saw a woman praying for forgiveness

• he saw a sick child and had never seen a sick child before

• he saw an old man and had never seen an old man before

• he saw a holy woman looking for enlightenment

Seeing the 'four sights' made Siddharta feel

• hopeful

• worried

• happy

• sad

Siddharta was sad about the sights he saw and decided

• to leave home and become a holy man

• to stay in the palace and do nothing

• to become a religious leader

Siddharta wanted to find enlightenment. This means..

• leading a balanced life

• finding the answers

• having knowledge and understanding of the meaning of life

• living your best life

After becoming a holy man and nearly starving to death, he realised..

• being poor and hungry gave him no answers

• being poor and hungry gave him all the answers

• being poor and hungry made him more devoted as a holy man

He decided that the best way to live was somewhere between rich and poor. He called this..

• the balanced way

• the only way

• the final way

• the middle way

After meditating for a long time he became..

• a role-model for all others

• inspired to teach others how to meditate

• happy again

• enlightened and the supreme Buddha