[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882) › c8.44 # Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.44 Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.44 - **Language:** English ### [c8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8.44) He bases his criticism instead on that romance of wonders into which the grotesque tastes of later ages have transformed this primitive story.\* Buddha sits down under the tree of knowledge with the firm resolve not to rise until he has attained the knowledge which “maketh free.” Then Mâra advances with his forces; hosts of demons assail him (Buddha) with fiery darts, amid the whirl of hurricanes, darkness, and the downpour of floods of water, to drive him from the tree; Buddha maintains his position unmoved; at last the demons fly. - [Previous: c8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8.43) - [Next: c8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8.45) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8.44) · Pramāṇa