On the eve of Siddhartha's enlightenment, he sat and meditated beneath a pipal tree.

He soon found himself at war with the demon god, Mara. In hopes to prevent Siddhartha from enlightenment, Mara used every weapon he had in his arsenal: doubt, anger, greed and lust.

With each attack, Siddhartha would look at Mara and say, "I see you, Mara." He would then make a kettle of tea and offer Mara a cup. By morning, Siddhartha had defeated Mara and had become Buddha.

Perhaps the lesson isn't strictly to meet anger with kindness––to offer one's enemy a cup of tea––but to see and accept things for what they are rather than what we wish them to be.