After the prince returned to the city, he made a request to his father, King Suddhodana, that he wanted to renounce the world. King Suddhodana was extremely shocked and tried his best to dissuade the prince. He hoped that the prince would inherit the throne and then consider renouncing the world when he was old. The prince proposed that if his four wishes - no aging, no illness, no death, and all things remaining intact and unchanging - could be fulfilled, he would consider not leaving home to become a monk. Naturally, King Suddhodana could not guarantee ...<閱讀全文>