These suttas were presented in July 2024.
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 19 Dvedhāvitakkasutta: Two Kinds of Thought, “The man desiring their ruin, harm, and bondage is a term for Māra the Evil One.”
- MN 34 Cūḷagopālakasutta: The Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd, “Once upon a time, mendicants, there was an intelligent Magadhan cowherd.”
- MN 119 From… Kāyagatāsatisutta: Mindfulness of the Body, “When a mendicant has developed and cultivated mindfulness of the body, Māra cannot find a vulnerability and doesn’t get hold of them.”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 4.1 Tapokammasutta: Austere Practice, “Being impure, you think you’re pure: You have missed the path to purity.”
- SN 4.7 Supatisutta: Sleep, “What’s this, you sleep like a wretch?”
- SN 4.8 Nandatisutta: He Delights, “One who has sons sorrows over sons”
- SN 4.9 Paṭhamaāyusutta: Life Span (1st), “They should live as though their head was on fire, for Death comes for everyone.”
- SN 4.16 Pattasutta: Almsbowls, “Though they seek him everywhere, Mara and his army do not find him…”
- SN 4.12 Kinnusīhasutta: Lion, “Why now do you roar like a lion, confident in the assembly?”
- SN 4.18 Piṇḍasutta: Alms, “Was it you, Evil One, who saw to it that I didn’t get alms?”
- SN 4.25 Māradhītusutta: Mara’s Daughters, “Fools! You tried to batter a mountain with the stalks of lotus flowers.”
- SN 5.1 Āḷavikāsutta: Aḷavika, “What you call sensual delight has become for me nondelight”
- SN 5.2 Somāsutta: Soma, “This is Mara the Evil One, who has recited the verse desiring to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in me”
- SN 5.4 Vijayāsutta: Vijaya, “I offer them right back to you, for I, O Mara, do not need them.”
- SN 5.5 Uppalavaṇṇāsutta: Uppalavaṇṇa, “Even alone, Mara, I don’t fear you.”
- SN 5.6 Cālāsutta: Cala, “Why don’t you approve of birth? Once born, one enjoys sensual pleasures.”
- SN 5.7 Upacālāsutta: Upacala, “All the world is ablaze”
- SN 5.10 Vajirāsutta: Vajira, “Why now do you assume ‘a being’? Mara, is that your speculative view?”
- SN 17.2 Baḷisasutta: A Hook, “Suppose a fisherman was to cast a baited hook into a deep lake.”
- SN 22.63 Upādiyamānasutta: When You Grasp, “When you grasp form you’re bound by Māra.”
- SN 23.1 Mārasutta: About Māra, “When there is form, Rādha, there may be Māra”
- SN 35.230 Bāḷisikopamasutta: The Fisherman Simile, “So too, bhikkhus, there are these six hooks in the world for the calamity of beings”
- SN 35.240 Kummopamasutta: The Simile of the Tortoise, “In the same way, Māra the Wicked is always waiting nearby”
- SN 35.248 Yavakalāpisutta: The Sheaf of Barley, “Suppose a sheaf of barley was placed at a crossroads…”
- SN 46.43 Mārasutta: About Māra, “I will teach you a path for crushing Māra’s army.”
- SN 51.10 Cetiyasutta: At the Cāpāla Shrine, “Wicked One, I shall not become fully extinguished until my spiritual path is successful and prosperous”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 4.15 Paññattisutta: Proclamations, “The foremost of those who exercise authority is Māra the Evil One.”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 7 From… Yamaka Vagga: Pairs, “Whoever lives focused on pleasant things…”
- Dhp 337 From… Taṇhāvagga, “Don’t let Māra break you again and again”
Sutta Nipāta
- Snp 3.2 Padhānasutta: Striving, “For seven years I followed step by step behind the Blessed One.”
Theragāthā
- Thag 1.7 Bhalliyattheragāthā: Bhalliya, “He has swept away the army of the King of Death”