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Having defeated Mara, Gautama spent the rest of the night in deep meditation under the tree, recalling his former embodiments, attaining the “superhuman divine eye” (the ability to see the passing away and rebirth of beings), and realizing the Four Noble Truths. In his own recorded words: “Ignorance was dispelled, knowledge arose. Darkness was dispelled, light arose.”<ref>Edward J. Thomas, ''The Life of Buddha as Legend and History'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927), pp. 66-68, quoted in Clarence H. Hamilton, ed., ''Buddhism: A Religion of Infinite Compassion'' (New York: The Liberal Arts Press, 1952), pp. 22–23.</ref>  
Having defeated Mara, Gautama spent the rest of the night in deep meditation under the tree, recalling his former embodiments, attaining the “superhuman divine eye” (the ability to see the passing away and rebirth of beings), and realizing the Four Noble Truths. In his own recorded words: “Ignorance was dispelled, knowledge arose. Darkness was dispelled, light arose.”<ref>Edward J. Thomas, ''The Life of Buddha as Legend and History'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927), pp. 66-68, quoted in Clarence H. Hamilton, ed., ''Buddhism: A Religion of Infinite Compassion'' (New York: The Liberal Arts Press, 1952), pp. 22–23.</ref>  


Thus, he attained Enlightenment, or the Awakening, during the night of the full-moon day of the month of May, about the year 528 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. His being was transformed, and he became the Buddha.  
Así alcanzó la Iluminación, o el Despertar, durante la noche de luna llena del mes de mayo, aproximadamente en el año 528 a.C. Su ser fue transformado, y se convirtió en el Buda.  


<blockquote>The event was of cosmic import. All created things filled the morning air with their rejoicings and the earth quaked six ways with wonder. Ten thousand galaxies shuddered in awe as lotuses bloomed on every tree, turning the entire universe into “a bouquet of flowers sent whirling through the air.”<ref>Huston Smith, The Religions of Man (New York: Harper & Row, Harper Colophon Books, 1958), p. 84.</ref></blockquote>  
<blockquote>The event was of cosmic import. All created things filled the morning air with their rejoicings and the earth quaked six ways with wonder. Ten thousand galaxies shuddered in awe as lotuses bloomed on every tree, turning the entire universe into “a bouquet of flowers sent whirling through the air.”<ref>Huston Smith, The Religions of Man (New York: Harper & Row, Harper Colophon Books, 1958), p. 84.</ref></blockquote>