According to Buddhist accounts, the insight gained from Siddhartha Gautama's experiences and a long period of deep meditation sparked his enlightenment one day _________
a. An hour before he died.
b. When he had been driven out of his house by his parents.
c. Under a pipal (fig) tree in the town of Gaya.
d. While engaged in tantric sex.
c. Under a pipal (fig) tree in the town of Gaya.
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