Buddha The Four signs:

-Before Gautama's birth, an ascetic predicts he will see four signs leading him to become the Buddha. -King Suddhodana surrounds Gautama with pleasures to prevent him from seeing the signs. -Despite efforts to shield him, Gautama encounters the four signs: an old man, a sick man, a dead man, and a monk. -Each sight leads Gautama to contemplate the inevitability of aging, illness, death, and the pursuit of spiritual life. -Gautama decides to renounce his princely life and become a monk after seeing the monk, symbolizing his journey towards enlightenment. -Many others, inspired by Gautama, also renounce worldly life and become monks. -Gautama seeks seclusion to contemplate the nature of suffering and the path to liberation from it.