Elena McDermott
16 September 2016
Siddhartha's significance to Buddhism
Siddhartha's life and path to enlightenment is still spoken about today in schools and in the Buddhist religion. This is due to Siddhartha's persistence in achieving his goals, especially one, enlightenment. He has a unique story as he came from a privileged lifestyle and decided to abandoned this and live as a homeless man. In doing so Siddhartha was able to achieve the goal of enlightenment, despite abandoning his Royal life and his pregnant wife.
Siddhartha’s father the king, did everything he could to ensure his son was kept from the outside world , he kept him in like a prisoner. Siddhartha was not happy about his father's decisions. One day he told his father, "I must go out of the palace gate and see how other people live." Siddhartha was naive to the everyday struggles of life as he had been sheltered from them , yet when he was faced upon them he did not turn his back. This shows Siddhartha's' character. He lacked empathy but not sympathy for these sufferers. …show more content…
He pursued his spiritual quest.He learned deep meditation and followed the yoga practices, but in the end discovered that he reached a point where the teachers could offer him no more. So he left with five followers and he was now called Sakyamuni.
Siddhartha's significance to Buddhism comes from his persistence to enlightenment , which is what Buddhism is centred around , not only was Siddhartha's persistent. Us he did not allow obstacles along the way.
He was also a patient man , patience is know as a virtue , all over the world and especially in
16 September 2016
Siddhartha's significance to Buddhism
Siddhartha's life and path to enlightenment is still spoken about today in schools and in the Buddhist religion. This is due to Siddhartha's persistence in achieving his goals, especially one, enlightenment. He has a unique story as he came from a privileged lifestyle and decided to abandoned this and live as a homeless man. In doing so Siddhartha was able to achieve the goal of enlightenment, despite abandoning his Royal life and his pregnant wife.
Siddhartha’s father the king, did everything he could to ensure his son was kept from the outside world , he kept him in like a prisoner. Siddhartha was not happy about his father's decisions. One day he told his father, "I must go out of the palace gate and see how other people live." Siddhartha was naive to the everyday struggles of life as he had been sheltered from them , yet when he was faced upon them he did not turn his back. This shows Siddhartha's' character. He lacked empathy but not sympathy for these sufferers. …show more content…
He pursued his spiritual quest.He learned deep meditation and followed the yoga practices, but in the end discovered that he reached a point where the teachers could offer him no more. So he left with five followers and he was now called Sakyamuni.
Siddhartha's significance to Buddhism comes from his persistence to enlightenment , which is what Buddhism is centred around , not only was Siddhartha's persistent. Us he did not allow obstacles along the way.
He was also a patient man , patience is know as a virtue , all over the world and especially in