Māra
mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
the Lord of Demons
in the texts
Caryāmelāpakapradīpa
Mythological figure of obstruction/bondage from whom mind-settling practice releases the practitioner.
Those who [properly] settle the mind—far-going, lone-wandering, bodiless, lying hidden in the cave [of the heart]—are released from the bondage of Māra.
Kunjarakarna Dharmakathana
The tempter/adversary conquered by Śākyamuni.
Such a one is the visible form of the Lord Śākyamuni, victor over Māra.
San Hyan Kamahayanikan
The personification of obstacles and death/desire, whose army and afflictions are defeated by the power of mantra.
*By this incomparable application of mantra, the great and terrible army of Māra was broken by the Lion of the Śākyas, the Protector.
The Lord Śrī Śākyamuni attained victory over Māra, and all the obstacles of Māra were defeated by Him:
The karma of Māra has certainly been defeated by you.