About Māra

Mārasutta

About Māra

Mārasutta

EN
“Mendicants, I will teach you a path for crushing Māra’s army. Listen … And what is that path?
PL
“Mārasenappamaddanaṁ vo, bhikkhave, maggaṁ desessāmi; taṁ suṇātha. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, mārasenappamaddano maggo? Yadidaṁ—
EN
It is the seven awakening factors. What seven? The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity. This is the path for crushing Māra’s army.”
PL
satta bojjhaṅgā. Katame satta? Satisambojjhaṅgo …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo— ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, mārasenappamaddano maggo”ti.
PL
Tatiyaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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