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Siddhartha's decision to study the meaning of life and become a holy man is told in one popular rendition where his father does not let him leave once he confronts his family of his decision. Siddhartha then waits saying he won't leave without his father's permission. The next day, his father hopes his son has regained his normalcy but Siddhartha is still standing, waiting to leave and he finally is granted permission to carry out his goal. While meditating, he is tempted by Mara, a devil figure and Hindu God who gives him three temptations, but he denies the distractions and achieves enlightenment. He teaches the Four Noble Truths to the men whom he has traveled with and when they see him eating again after barely eating at all, they think he has come off his spiritual path. The assumption is proven untrue when he gives his first Sermon, and his disciples realize he had become the Buddha.