As Siddhartha was exploring the real world for the first time on his chariot, he came across what are called the four passing sights. The first passing sight was an old man. Channa, Siddhartha's charioteer explained that the old man represented aging. Then they moved along. The second sight they saw was a person suffering from a disease. Channa told Siddhartha that this man represents that suffering and illness are inevitable in a human's life. They moved along. the third sight was of a corpse. Channa explained how deaath eventually comes to everyone during someone's lifetime. The last sight is of an ascetic which is a normal person who leads a healthy life full of self-discipline and religion. This ascetic represents the rebirth in Buddhism. From these four sights are which Siddhartha composed his four noble truths from.
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