The story of the not so traditional Prince-like Prince

The prince knew 64 languages and was also very skilled in mathematics. He mastered martial arts, archery and quality education. He was a follower of spirituality and also encouraged others to follow the spiritual path. Sometimes he would visit the people living in the city and during these visits he realized that people were suffering from sickness, poverty, ageing and death. He was so moved by the condition of people living outside the palace that he neglected his luxurious life to find out the answer to why people suffer.

Thus he went ahead and sat under a tree for forty-nine days to meditate and realized the most common thing that we already know somewhere in our mind. He realized that people suffer because they desire for things they can’t or don’t have. Rich suffer because they want more money, poor suffer because they don’t have money, those who don’t have families want family and those who do don’t want a family. The prince came to the conclusion that there’s no end to suffering and people just have to let go of trying to resist the pain and loss plus let go of their desires. This prince later became known as the Buddha whose path is followed by 520 million followers called Buddhists.