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2. About Māra (2nd) – 2. Dutiyamāravagga

SN 23.12 A Māra-like Nature – Māradhammasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘Māra-like nature’.

“‘māradhammo, māradhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati.

What is a Māra-like nature?”

Katamo nu kho, bhante, māradhammo”ti?

“Rādha, form has a Māra-like nature. Feeling, perception, saṅkhāra, and consciousness have a Māra-like nature.

“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, māradhammo, vedanā māradhammo, saññā māradhammo, saṅkhārā māradhammo, viññāṇaṁ māradhammo.

Seeing this …

Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…

They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”

nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.