...had been foretold to his father that he should renounce the world, and these four signs were given : An Old Man, a Sick Man, a Dead Man, and a Monk. The King thought : " From this time forth let no such things come near my son. There is no good of my son's...

...auspicious and delightful sights should meet his eyes in the city streets. But in fact, he met successively an old man, a sick man, a dead man — and a monk. These are called the Four Signs. 'Shame then on life!' he said, 'since the decay of every living thing...

...will be upon me. Therefore am I stricken with woe, overwhelmed with sorrow, afflicted with grief." FOR many centuries, it has been a common belief in India...number, terrified him, and he resolved to become a monk. of salvation, and abandoned the struggle. One night he had a wonderful experience. First he saw the...

...But another prediction disturbed the king. One of the wise men told him, "There will be four signs: an old man, a sick man, a dead man, and a monk. When the prince has seen these signs, he will leave the kingdom and pursue the life of a holy man."...

...Gautama in India in about the year 563 BC, a prophecy was made that he would one day see four things: an old man, a sick man, a dead man, and a monk. At the sight of these things, the prophecy said, the prince would realize the impermanence of all earthy...

...Gautama in India in about the year 563 BC, a prophecy was made that he would one day see four things: an old man, a sick man, a dead man, and a monk. At the sight of these things, the prophecy said, the prince would realize the impermanence of all earthy...

...retire from the world?" he asked the priests. "The four signs," they answered him. "What are these?" "An old man, a sick man, a dead man and a monk," was their reply. The king was alarmed; he did not want to lose his son. So he decided to keep all old...

...king asked the astrologer what would cause Gautama to leave. The astrologer said that if Gautama saw an old man, a sick man, a dead man, and a monk, he would become religious. The king decided that he would do whatever he could to keep his son from...

...in a carriage, accompanied by a servant. I saw the four sights my father had tried to keep from me: an old man, a sick man, a dead man, and a monk. I realized that I also would grow old, become ill, and die. I saw that worldly happiness could not...