Motif
failed temptation of the sinless awakened one
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A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Sacred Calling, Conversion, and Faith Tests. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 6593-6700 confidence: high
Māra reflects that he has followed the Master looking for fault, finds no sin, and sees him as beyond his power. In sorrow, he draws sixteen lines for sixteen thoughts about perfections and extraordinary knowledges he did not attain.
Māra cannot find fault in the Master, and his daughters fail to allure him because he has put away lust, ill-will, and folly.
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