Round 6: Tossup 4

In one tradition’s practices after this event, a person is often given a jhator, or “bird-scattering.” One of these events occurred when a figure was given either pork or mushrooms by the blacksmith Cundi. After this event, people transition to the Six Bardos, as (15[1])described in a Tibetan book named for this event. (15[1])Diclofenac poisoning of birds has affected Zoroastrian traditions (-5[1])after these events in (*) Towers of Silence. Seeing an old man, diseased man, an ascetic, and a man who had experienced this event caused the Buddha to leave his life of luxury to search for enlightenment. For 10 points, name this process which is followed (10[1])by reincarnation in Buddhism. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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