The moment before Buddha reached enlightenment, he was confronted with Mara (the goddess of destruction). Mara was making a last ditch effort to tempt the Buddha away from finding enlightenment. First, she presented some sexy ladies to tempt him with desire. Next, she brought in armies of warriors to scare him with physical harm...but Buddha stood his ground. When these tactics didn't work, she said "Fine, go ahead and find enlightenment, but if you do, no one will be here to