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Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
He decided to teach others. His teachings about life are known as
Tanakh
Dhamma
Shakra
Shalom
Buddhists today follow his ideas and teachings because
they want to find the meaning of love
they want to find enlightenment
they want to be true to the Buddha
