Maratajjaniya Sutta, Māratajjanīya-sutta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe fiftieth sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya. While Moggallana is living at Bhesakalavana, Mara enters his belly and worries him. When Mara realizes that Moggallana has discovered him and can read his thoughts, he leaves his body and perches on the door bar of his cell. Moggallana then addresses him and tells him how, once, he himself was a Mara named Dusi, and roused the brahmin householders against Kakusandha Buddha and his disciples. As a result of this, Dusi was born in Mahaniraya and suffered great torments. Moggallana warns Mara against assailing holy men lest he suffer a similar fate. Mara retires discomfited. M.i.332-8.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Full-text: Dusi, Bhesakalavana.
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Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part V - Ciilayamaka Vagga < [(a) Mulapannasa Pali]
Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
2.5(c). Majjhima Nikāya (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
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