According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha achieved enlightenment after he had encountered four events during his four journeys outside his father's palatial mansion:
1. He saw a very old man
2. He saw a very sick man
3. He saw a corpse
4. He saw a religious mendicant
The prince left his home and family for ever to become a mendicant monk at the age of 35.
Lesson: Some of the things that have the greatest potentials to change our lives, for good or bad, do not necessarily reside within our immediate and familiar environments. They are outside. To find them, we must step out of our comfort zones.
1. He saw a very old man
2. He saw a very sick man
3. He saw a corpse
4. He saw a religious mendicant
The prince left his home and family for ever to become a mendicant monk at the age of 35.
Lesson: Some of the things that have the greatest potentials to change our lives, for good or bad, do not necessarily reside within our immediate and familiar environments. They are outside. To find them, we must step out of our comfort zones.
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