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Why was Siddhartha Gautama shocked by the sight of suffering and sickness?

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We know that siddhartha had seen four sights. He was shocked by the sight because he wanted to find the cause of human suffering. The Four Noble Truths cover it. The first truth is the existence of suffering and the second is suffering has a CAUSE.

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Answer:He had been sheltered in his father’s palace until he was 29 years old.

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