Untying the Knots in Buddhism
author: Alex Wayman
edition: 1997, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 631
ISBN-10: 8120813219
ISBN-13: 9788120813212
Topic: Buddhism
Studies in Yama and Mara
This chapter describes Studies in Yama and Mara located on page 465 in the book Untying the Knots in Buddhism. These essays deal with Buddhist Heroes such as Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna; Doctrine such as topics on suffering, karma, and voidness; Practice such as diet, purification and visualisations; and further theories of no-self, nescience and omniscience, etc. This chapter is part "Section V, Hindu Buddhist Studies"
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas [by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw]
“Evil Mara.... it was how Dusi Mara used his undue influence on the people to pay homage and make offerings to the bhikkhus once again.”...
Read full contents: Part 3 - Story of Mara and Maha Moggallana
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra [by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön]
Bodhisattva quality 12: having passed beyond the works of Mara. 12. marakarmasamatikranta: Sutra: They have passed beyond the works of Mara (marakarmasamatikranaih). Shastra: 1) There are four kinds of maras: a) the affliction-mara (kleshamara), b) the aggregate-mara (skandhamara), c) the death-mara (mrityumara), d) the son-of-god-mara (devaputramara), chief of the parinirmitavashavartin gods....
Read full contents: Bodhisattva quality 12: having passed beyond the works of Mara
Dhammapada (Illustrated) [by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero]
Yamaloka: the World of Yama. Yama is death–Yama is almost synonymous with Mara. Mara: the Buddhist ‘Tempter -figure. He is often called ‘Mara the Evil One or Namuci (‘the non-liberator , the opponent of liberation). He appears in the texts both as a real person (as a deity) and as personification of evil and passions, of the worldly existence and of death....
Read full contents: Verse 44-45 - The Story of Five Hundred Monks
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[Untying the Knots in Buddhism: index]
[About the Author (Alex Wayman)]
[Foreword]
[Preface]
[Introduction]