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(Created page with "<blockquote>L'événement était d'une importance cosmique. Toutes les choses créées ont rempli l'air du matin de leurs réjouissances et la terre a tremblé de six façons avec émerveillement. Dix mille galaxies frémirent d'admiration tandis que des lotus fleurissaient sur chaque arbre, transformant l'univers entier en "un bouquet de fleurs envoyées en tourbillonnant dans les airs"<ref>Huston Smith, ''The Religions of Man'' (New York : Harper & Row, Harper Colophon...") |
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Thus, he attained Enlightenment, or the Awakening, during the night of the full-moon day of the month of May, about the year 528 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. His being was transformed, and he became the Buddha | Thus, he attained Enlightenment, or the Awakening, during the night of the full-moon day of the month of May, about the year 528 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. His being was transformed, and he became the Buddha | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote>L'événement était d'une importance cosmique. Toutes les choses créées ont rempli l'air du matin de leurs réjouissances et la terre a tremblé de six façons avec émerveillement. Dix mille galaxies frémirent d'admiration tandis que des lotus fleurissaient sur chaque arbre, transformant l'univers entier en "un bouquet de fleurs envoyées en tourbillonnant dans les airs"<ref>Huston Smith, ''The Religions of Man'' (New York : Harper & Row, Harper Colophon Books, 1958), p. 84.</ref></blockquote> | ||
For a total of forty-nine days he was deep in rapture, after which he again turned his attention to the world. He found Mara waiting for him with one last temptation: “How can your experience be translated into words? Return to Nirvana. Do not try to deliver your message to the world, for no one will comprehend it. Remain in bliss!” But Buddha replied: “There will be some who will understand,” and Mara vanished from his life forever. | For a total of forty-nine days he was deep in rapture, after which he again turned his attention to the world. He found Mara waiting for him with one last temptation: “How can your experience be translated into words? Return to Nirvana. Do not try to deliver your message to the world, for no one will comprehend it. Remain in bliss!” But Buddha replied: “There will be some who will understand,” and Mara vanished from his life forever. | ||
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