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One day Sujata, a villager’s daughter, fed him a rich rice milk—a “meal so wondrous ... that our Lord felt strength and life return as though the nights of watching and the days of fast had passed in dream.”<ref>Edwin Arnold, ''The Light of Asia'' (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1930), p. 96.</ref> And then he set out alone for the Bo tree (abbreviation for bodhi, or enlightenment) at a place now called Buddh Gaya, or Bodh Gaya, where he vowed to remain until fully illumined. Hence, it has become known as the Immovable Spot. | One day Sujata, a villager’s daughter, fed him a rich rice milk—a “meal so wondrous ... that our Lord felt strength and life return as though the nights of watching and the days of fast had passed in dream.”<ref>Edwin Arnold, ''The Light of Asia'' (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1930), p. 96.</ref> And then he set out alone for the Bo tree (abbreviation for bodhi, or enlightenment) at a place now called Buddh Gaya, or Bodh Gaya, where he vowed to remain until fully illumined. Hence, it has become known as the Immovable Spot. | ||
At that point, Mara, the Evil One, attempted to prevent his enlightenment and confronted him with temptations much in the same manner that [[Satan]] tested [[Jesus]] during his fasting in the wilderness. | At that point, [[Mara]], the Evil One, attempted to prevent his enlightenment and confronted him with temptations much in the same manner that [[Satan]] tested [[Jesus]] during his fasting in the wilderness. | ||
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.” | ||