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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sachii" data-source="post: 3362776" data-attributes="member: 126652">Enlightenment <img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/zv54pj.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Strengthened by eating and drinking, Siddhartha went to Bod Gaya, made a mat from kusha grass and sat under a pipal or Bodhi tree (Ficusreligiosa) tree facing east. He resolved not to rise until he attained enlightenment.   <img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/x417df.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Mara (Lord of Illusion who symbolizes the delusions of one's own mind) tried tirelessly to distract Siddhartha - first by sending his daughters - "Blissful to Behold”, "Pleasurable to Others”, and "Lust." They came, revealed their bodies and assumed various poses. But the mind of Siddhartha did not move for even a moment. <img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/sg7v61.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Next, Mara sent an army of demons to destroy Siddhartha. But when they attacked him, their stones and arrows turned into flowers through the power of compassion. Siddhartha then touched the the earth, thereby calling it to witness the countless lifetimes of virtue that had led him to this place of enlightenment, he entered into a state of deep meditation. Three days and nights passed. <img src="http://i36.tinypic.com/2hh0lt5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   In the first part of the final night, Siddhartha developed the mental power to recollect his past lives. In the middle of the night, he developed the mental power to see the past lives of others. From this he understood the law of karma. Finally, just before dawn, the Buddha realized that all things arise dependent upon causes. Suffering is caused by desire and ignorance. Therefore, when these are removed, suffering does not arise. After this realization, he became enlightened – free from desire and ignorance and rebirth. Siddhartha became the Buddha, meaning the "Enlightened One."     </blockquote>

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