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Preferred term
Buddhist beliefs and traditions
Definition
- A dead body was one of the four sights that a young prince named Siddhartha saw when he ventured outside the palace walls. Encountering sickness, old age, and death for the first time forced the prince to confront the sufferings and impermanence of life. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Buddhist Beliefs and Traditions]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Buddhist_beliefs_and_traditions
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