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If Buddhism has the Son of God in it I'll go out and buy myself a saffron robe tomorrow..  |
The Buddha's tempter was the Kama Mara, the sanskrit words meaning lust and death.
Buddha was tempted to social duty, or political action (dharma) in addition to fear and desire.
Buddha simply touched his fingertips to the ground (you will see many buddha statues in this posture) and the Earth Goddess herself said, "
This is my beloved son, who through many lifetimes has so given of himself that there is nobody here, he has a right to this spot."
The whole army of the tempter was dispersed, and that night the buddha achieved illumination under the bodhi tree.
Furthermore, here's the story of his birth:
Queen Maya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There's even a stone carving of his "virgin" birth from his mother's side.