Effort of Siddhartha Gautama to get enlightenment ( becoming Buddha )

• After going out in search of the truth, Siddhartha Gautama first went towards Rajagraha. 
• King Bimbirasa was the king of the king of Rajagraha. It was a place of great philosophers and leaders.
  First he went to Sakisage's hermitage then to Padma, then to Raivata. All them were women reshies. 
• Finally, he reached to the Rajagraha. Since king Bimbisara was ruling, soon after he reached to Rajagraha, the king Bimbisara asked him the reason to be Sanyasi (one who give up the earthly life) then he offered one half of his kingdom. 
• Siddhara Gotama thanked him and he declined the king offer and showed his resolve to find the ultimate truth of life.
• Then some fellows called Kaundiaya, Ashvajot, Kasyapa, Mahanamma and Bhadaka followed him. In Rajgriha he went to Arda Kalam and Brigha’s place. Finally he returned to Arada Kalan and learned from the philosophy of Sankya and Samadhi Marga. 
• He also went to Uddaka Rama Putta. Uddaka Rama Putta was better then Ara Kalam for the Samadhi Marga. 
• Siddhartha Gotama practiced living on a corn in a day and doing fasting but he became unconscious and could not think of the universal truth. Six years passed in that way. One day Sujata, a lady from a rich family, saw him meditation under the Banyan tree. She offered foods of many kinds. After eating the foods his might had some strength and he could think about the truth of life.
• But before that his own evil thought and evil passions called Mara entered his mind.
• Siddartha Gotama was greatly frightened lest they should over power and defeat him. 
• So he summoned all the courage he had and said to Mara " Faith is found in me and said to Mara, "Faith is found in me, and heroism and wisdom. How can ye evil passions defeat me? The streams even of rivers may dry up. Ye would be unable to defeat me. The rivers may dried up but my resolutions you can not defeat. When I am resolved “ Better to me is death in battle than that I should be defeated in life.” The evil passions entered the mind of Gautama as a crow goes after a tone that looks like a hump of fat, thinking surely,
  "here I shall find a tender morsel, here perchance is something sweet."