Ratnaprabha looks at what motivated the Buddha to leave a comfortable life for an uncertain quest in the Jungle: the Four Sights of Old Age, Illness, Death, and the inspiring figure of the wanderer seeking liberation.

Excerpted from the talk What Started the Buddha Off given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2016. ***

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