What prompted siddhartha gautama to seek the solution to eliminate human suffering?

a. he was given a palace by the ruler of india and wanted to express his gratitude.

b. he was tired of the suffering he had endured since childhood.

c. he was competing with confucius to see who could gain more students.

d. he witnessed humans suffering from sickness, poverty, and death.

d. He witnessed humans suffering from sickness, poverty, and death.

Explanation:

As he was a young Prince of India, he lived in an opulent and ordered palace, with his servants and his family. He was given all human and material goods to guarantee the best for him. However, his parents wanted him to hide the human side of life: suffering, violence, etc.

One day he was walking in the surroundings of the palace, close to the entrance, he saw a group of man carrying a dead corpse. He wondered what death was.

He was not used to seeing people cry or endure pain so he was strongly shocked. In reaction to this, he started a spiritual quest where he tries to see for all means what can be done in order to reduce human suffering.

As he came to understand there can be no existence without suffering since the essence of existence is suffering.

question:  

the chart compares religious beliefs to us political party support.

religious beliefs and party support, 2012

this chart demonstrates that

a) more highly religious people supported the republican candidate, while more nonreligious people supported the democratic candidate.

b) more highly religious people supported the democratic candidate, while more nonreligious people supported the republican candidate.

c) more moderately religious people supported the republican candidate, while more nonreligious people supported the democratic candidate.

d) more moderately religious people supported the democratic candidate, while more nonreligious people supported the republican candidate.

answer: a.