Why is there this suffering in the world? And so he decides, once again at age 29, to seek the truth, to try to understand the universe as it is. And remember, this is in India, where it was common practice for religious ascetics to go off into the woods and to meditate about the true nature of reality, try to obtain moksha. So he goes and follows that same practice. And for six years, he is going through the woods, he's wandering, he's left all of his possessions behind, he has left his family behind. He famously starts off trying to go in the mold of these Hindu ascetics, letting go of everything, including trying to deprive the body of food and water. And he almost kills himself.