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◦ Queen Maya, dreamed that an elephant touched her right side and she conceived. Brahmins, the priestly Hindu caste, interpreted the dream for her: she would bear a son that would either be a great king or a great holy man.

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◦ For Buddhists, meditation is also a means of heightened awareness. Meditation helps people cultivate the awareness of their dreams, goals, and self-identities and the means to engage in good karma.

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◦ When he was nineteen, Siddhartha had his charioteer take him beyond where his father permitted. On these travels, Siddhartha saw things that his father had tried to shield from him. These were later known as the Four Sights, and they would change the course of the prince’s life. Siddhartha saw an old man, a very sick man, a corpse, and a wander ing holy man without possessions.

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◦ He was cremated and his relics were divided and distributed to places where he had travelled. Stupas, dome-shaped monuments, were erected over his relics, and their presence became places of Buddhist pilgrimages.

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◦ The Middle Way, life in the middle of the spectrum between indulgence and asceticism, that led to moksha, that is, freedom from the cycle. The Middle Way consists of following the Four Noble Truths, the fourth of which is the Noble Eightfold Path, eight practices dealing with wisdom, morality, and meditation.

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◦ At age eighty, Siddartha died of food poisoning. As he lay on his right side dying, he asked the gathering crowd whether anyone had any questions. There was no response. He told the people that nothing in the world was permanent and that they had to work out their own salvation with diligence. Then Siddartha died and entered Nirvana.

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◦ The Noble Eightfold Path is categorized by three main practices—morality, meditation, and wisdom. Moral actions bring about meditation, meditation brings about wisdom, and, completing the circle, wisdom gives rise to good actions.

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◦ Lumbini Gardens is the traditional site of the birth of Siddhartha Gautama. It is located in Nepal. It became a place of pilgrimage shortly after the death of Siddhartha Gautama.

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◦ The center of all Buddhist beliefs is the Four Noble Truths, from Siddhartha Gautama’s earliest sermons. If one is ignorant of the Four Noble Truths, she or he will remain on the endless cycle of samsara.

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◦ The most popular places for Buddhist pilgrims are those connected with events in the life of the Buddha. These sacred places are located in India or Nepal.