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Which two factors caused Siddhartha Gautama to give up his riches and leave his home?

He no longer wanted to be married, so he left the palace.

Riches disgusted him, and he wanted to live like an ordinary person.


He sought freedom from the family responsibilities that caused him suffering.

The types of suffering he saw made him question his privileged lifestyle.

He wanted to find the root of suffering and discover how to eliminate it.

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He wanted to find the root of suffering and discover how to eliminate it


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Answer:

He wanted to find the root of suffering and discover how to eliminate it.

The types of suffering he saw made him question his privileged lifestyle.

Step-by-step explanation:

A became known Buddha’s First Noble Truth, that life implies and is in essence suffering,

This was revealed to Siddharta among his path. He always wanted to find the roots of suffering and find ways to eliminate it. Being a privileged son of the Brahmins, a prince living in his father’s palace. He decides to leave this father’s world in pursuit for finding relief from suffering. He took a long journey lifelong and completly abandon the luxuries given to him at birth.

Siddhartha 's theme , How to overcome pain and suffering in human life arise as he observes that the common people living outside the comformt experience pain. He then addresses pain and suffering at their roots.He directed his efforts on how can pain and suffering be removed.

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