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Essay heading: Budism by Huston Smith
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Siddhartha wondered with Hinduism for a while and found that the extremes of the religion were not for him and decided to go the middle way. The story goes that Siddhartha wondered into the wilderness and sat down under a peepul tree until he reached enlightenment. The Gods did not want Siddhartha to reach enlightenment so they tempted Siddhartha...
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The Gods did not want Siddhartha to reach enlightenment so they tempted Siddhartha. First the God of desire (Kama) tempted Siddhartha with three women, which had no effect. Then Mara the lord of death tried to distract Siddhartha with hurricanes, thunder, earthquakes, and falling flaming rocks. Yet nothing distracted Siddhartha from his journey and after 49 days Siddhartha was transformed into the Buddha, but Mara had one more temptation for Buddha...
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