After realizing that all people were suffering, Siddhartha ran away from home in an attempt to discover why people were suffering. He began to spend many hours meditating hoping this would help him. Siddhartha spent many years searching for the cause of peoples suffering. Finally Siddhartha sat underneath a tree. He told himself he would not move from under this tree until he discovered the secret of suffering or die trying. Each day he would spend hours meditating and ate only one grain of rice.
