After six years of extreme fasting and self-mortification, Siddhartha realizes that asceticism does not lead to liberation. He accepts a bowl of milk rice from Sujata and sits beneath the Bodhi tree. Mara, the personification of illusion and desire, launches a terrifying army against him. Siddhartha touches the earth, calling it to witness his lifetimes of merit, shattering Mara’s forces.
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