AQA GCSE Religious Studies A · 8062
Paper 1
Revise: Life of the BuddhaThe account known as Jataka 075, ‘The Four Sights’, describes Siddhartha leaving the palace at the age of twenty-nine. His encounters changed his understanding of life.
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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Siddhartha Gautama's encounters with an old person, a sick person, a dead person and a holy man, which prompted his search for liberation from suffering.
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Paper 1
Revise: Life of the BuddhaThe account known as Jataka 075, ‘The Four Sights’, describes Siddhartha leaving the palace at the age of twenty-nine. His encounters changed his understanding of life.
Paper 3
The four encounters that changed Siddhartha Gautama’s understanding of life: an old person, a sick person, a dead person and a holy man.
Revise: The BuddhaWhen Gautama went beyond the palace, he encountered the Four Sights.
For a question about significance, link each event to a belief or practice: for example, the Four Sights revealed suffering and prompted Siddhartha's search for liberation.
Name all Four Sights, including the holy man. Explain why the fourth offered hope, unlike the first three.
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