Buddhist
4 min readThe Night Under the Bodhi Tree: Mara's Last Attack
Pali Canon — Nidanakatha / Majjhima Nikaya
On the night of his enlightenment, the being who would become the Buddha sat beneath a fig tree and was assaulted by Mara — god of death, desire, and delusion — who sent armies, daughters, and finally a simple argument: you are about to die, and nothing you do will matter.