In general, people may not be so attracted to the idea of embarking on a journey to become enlightened as Buddha did, but I am conviced that if we are to ask any person if they would like to know how to stop suffering in their lifes, they would more likely respond with a resounding “YES, how do I do that, show me!”. And that is the main question that Sidartha asked himself when he realized, after living for many years in his kindom, that there was suffering, he then embarked on a journey that would lead him to reach enlightment.
This video shows a very well done documentary of not only what Buddhism is about, but most importantly, the life of Sidartha. You will see how he made four journeys out of his palace. Each journey would reveal to him an aspect of life that had been hidden from him as he lived in his palace, to his astonishment he dicovered the existence of age, disease, death and it was the fourth sign, renunciation that pointed to Sidartha’s future: a man wearing a simple robe and a begging bowl that had renounced the pleasures of the world in order to confront reality and seek counsel to his painful existence.
He finally, found the state of absolute wisdom and bliss, known as englightment.
