First Sight of Prince Siddhartha

Once, Samma Sambuddha explained how the blessed one noticed the first omen as a teen prince. Also, again in the scriptures we can see, how prince Siddhartha questioned about "the first sight of elderly person" from charioteer “Channa” and how his reply affected the prince to start his spiritual journey!

The whole situation is misunderstood and falsely describing for years now. The current misunderstood story is trying to prove the wisdom of charioteer “Channa” than the wise prince. The whole story is just trying to make the wise prince looks like an idiot who doesn’t even know what the old age or elderly beings. To prove that, the story also twisted to say that the king Suddhodhana (father of Prince Siddhartha) kept every elderly being and sick person out of the kingdom and not even a death is noticeable in the kingdom.  This is a proof to show that Buddhist teachings are not easy as they seem.  They are deep, and you can’t just jump in to the Pali canon and understand the core of Buddhism by reading them as it is!  And also, this is again showing how things can be gone wrong when people like Channa the Charioteer explains the deep Buddhism after reading the scriptures.  Only those does aware of the first omen by experiencing it thorough their own wisdom, can give at least a deeper meaning than the common one. 

The one should clearly understand that the last birth of a person who is about to become an enlightened being is not just ordinary birth like that. Especially when it comes to the Samma Sambuddha (Lord Buddha)’s life, the wisdom level is already in high level to understand certain things from birth, which related to the liberation!

Samma Sambuddha clearly state that how the first omen of an old man effected to his life as a young teen prince.  The explanation is in the “Sukumāla Sutta (A Delicate Lifestyle)” read it carefully. In there, the blessed one explains how wisely he observed his surrounding and what he realized from them.  And also, it clearly explains the effect of the first omen.