Siddhartha me actions of life with religious ascetics, life as a Hindu prince and meditating under a bodhi tree led him to the middle way. Match each action with the following:

Question

Life of suffering
Enlightenment
Life given pleasures

Answer 1

- Life of suffering: Siddhartha leaving his life as a Hindu prince to live among religious ascetics and practicing extreme forms of self-denial
- Enlightenment: Siddhartha meditating under a bodhi tree and reaching a state of awakening and understanding
- Life given pleasures: Siddhartha returning to a more balanced way of living, rejecting both extreme self-denial and extreme indulgence in pleasure