Forgot to mention that I think all this talk of Buddha is wierd! Didn't Buddha believe we all have to divorce ourselves of desire to escape Karma? That guy did have kids but he never had a guitar. Maybe history would have been rather different had he spent his time learning new chords? If he was breaking strings would he say it didn't matter and he doesn't need a new set?
Still, it's good that he was happy leaving all that wealth behind and finding some kind of inner peace sat under a tree while people moulded china to look like him!