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Linked Discourses · SN 23.12

  • Linked Discourses 23.12Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.12
  • 2. About Māra (2nd)2. Dutiyamāravagga

Subject to MāraMāradhammasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, they speak of ‘Māra nature’.“‘māradhammo, māradhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati. What is of Māra nature?”Katamo nu kho, bhante, māradhammo”ti?

“Rādha, form is of Māra nature. Feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are of Māra nature.“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, māradhammo, vedanā māradhammo, saññā māradhammo, saṅkhārā māradhammo, viññāṇaṁ māradhammo.

Seeing this …Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

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  3. SN 23.13 Impermanence 0.69near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.13 2. About Māra (2nd) Impermanence At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha: “Sir, they speak of ‘impermanence’. What has impermanent nature?” “Rādha, form, feeling, perce…
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