Siddhārtha Gautama Buddh Catholic Social Teachings

“Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think,” this is one of famous quotes from the Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha. Siddhārtha Gautama was born in Lumbini, Nepal and is a famous philosopher, and religious practitioner. He was born and raised for ,much of his life as a prince that was sheltered ad shielded from the harshness of the outside world to ensure that he would not think unfavorably about the world and have it affect his decision and responsibilities once he would take over the throne. In addition, he was raised to be materialistic and felt entitled to his workers, slaves, and prostitutes with little to no respect for their wellbeing. The Buddha felt emptiness and confused after he married his cousin and had a child with her. Therefore, he secretly snuck out of the palace to search for in the villages, there he saw four different hardships that opened his eyes. One being an old man representing aging, a terminally ill man representing sickness, unidentified dead body representing death, and finally the Buddha saw a spiritual seeker that lead him to wanting to

I mentioned earlier that Siddhārtha Gautama was raised as a coddled prince, therefore, he never had to have any respect for his workers, slaves, prostitutes which made him entitled to all the stars in the sky. The Buddha was unemployed his whole life therefore, he never had to work any job requiring hard labor, which is not something that will give a person respect for hard workers.
Solidarity and respect for the common good is something that the Buddha neglected when he punished himself to push the boundaries such as no protection from the elements, insomnia, starvation, and exhaustion to gain spiritual powers. Dying of these hardships forced the Buddha to accept rice from a young