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The ''Dhammapada'' records the words of Mara, as she assailed Gautama: “Lean, suffering, ill-favored man, Live! Death is your neighbor. Death has a thousand hands, you have only two. Live! Live and do good, live holy, and taste reward. Why do you struggle? Hard is struggle, hard to struggle all the time.” | The ''Dhammapada'' records the words of Mara, as she assailed Gautama: “Lean, suffering, ill-favored man, Live! Death is your neighbor. Death has a thousand hands, you have only two. Live! Live and do good, live holy, and taste reward. Why do you struggle? Hard is struggle, hard to struggle all the time.” | ||
Impassível, Gautama permaneceu sob a árvore Bodhi, enquanto | |||
Mara investia contra ele, usando primeiro o desejo, fazendo desfilar | |||
à sua frente deusas e dançarinas voluptuosas. Em seguida, usando a | |||
morte, atacando-o com terremotos, chuvas torrenciais, pedras incandescentes, | |||
lama fervente, soldados e bestas ferozes e, finalmente, as trevas. | |||
Ainda assim, Gautama mantém-se inalterado. | |||
As a last resort, the temptress challenged his right to be doing what he was doing. Siddhartha then tapped the earth,<ref>with the “earth-touching mudra”—left hand upturned in lap, right hand pointed downward, touching earth.</ref> and the earth thundered her answer: “I bear you witness!” All the hosts of the Lord and the elemental beings responded and acclaimed his right to pursue the enlightenment of the Buddha—whereupon Mara fled. | As a last resort, the temptress challenged his right to be doing what he was doing. Siddhartha then tapped the earth,<ref>with the “earth-touching mudra”—left hand upturned in lap, right hand pointed downward, touching earth.</ref> and the earth thundered her answer: “I bear you witness!” All the hosts of the Lord and the elemental beings responded and acclaimed his right to pursue the enlightenment of the Buddha—whereupon Mara fled. | ||
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