- He entered the hermitage of the holy Arata Kalama, but chose not to teach his doctrine
- because "who knows it will not find deliverance"
- His mother, in the heavens, actually came back to visit him once she thought he was dead
- I think it'd be interesting to write a story from his mother's point of view
- he had 5 disciples join him originally, but they eventually left him because they thought he lost his practice
- here, Mara is "the evil one"
- a golden bowl signaled his ascension into Buddha-hood and he sat beneath the tree of knowledge
- Mara tries to fight the Buddha, who honestly is just sitting underneath a bodhi tree trying to be peaceful
- Siddhartha becomes the Buddha after the "fighting event" and realizes that "by leading a life of holiness, desire is stifled, and we cease to endure birth and suffering."
Mara.
Source: Smite.
Author: Andre Ferdinand Herold
Translator: Paul C. Blum
Year: 1922
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