# Māra (The Evil One)
> [!warning] Māra is that one which brings in [[Maranassati|Maraṇa]] (Death)
## Māra is the 6 [[Vinnana|Consciousnesses]]!
> [!NOTE] Buddha v.s. Māra (the 6 [[Vinnana|Consciousnesses]]) — In Kassakasutta ([SN4.19](https://suttacentral.net/sn4.19/en/sujato))
> “Mine alone, ascetic, is the **==eye==**, mine are **==sights==**, mine is the field of **==eye contact consciousness==**.
> _“Mameva, samaṇa, **==cakkhu==**, mama **==rūpā==**, mama **==cakkhusamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ==**._
>
> Where can you escape me, ascetic?
> _Kuhiṁ me, samaṇa, gantvā mokkhasi?_
>
> Mine alone is the **ear** …
> _Mameva, samaṇa, sotaṁ, mama saddā …pe…_
>
> **nose** …
> _mameva, samaṇa, ghānaṁ, mama gandhā;_
>
> **tongue** …
> _mameva, samaṇa, jivhā, mama rasā;_
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> **body** …
> _mameva, samaṇa, kāyo, mama phoṭṭhabbā;_
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> **mind**, mine are ideas, mine is the field of mind contact consciousness.
> _mameva, samaṇa, mano, mama dhammā, mama manosamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ._
>
> Where can you escape me, ascetic?”
> _Kuhiṁ me, samaṇa, gantvā mokkhasī”ti?_
>
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> “Yours alone, Wicked One, is the eye, yours are sights, yours is the field of eye contact consciousness.
> _“Taveva, pāpima, cakkhu, tava rūpā, tava cakkhusamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ._
>
> Where there is **==no eye==**, **==no sights==**, **==no eye contact consciousness==**—**you have no place there**, Wicked One!
> _Yattha ca kho, pāpima, **==natthi cakkhu==**, **==natthi rūpā==**, **==natthi cakkhusamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ==**, agati tava tattha, pāpima._
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> Yours alone is the **ear** …
> _Taveva, pāpima, sotaṁ, tava saddā, tava sotasamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ._
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> Yattha ca kho, pāpima, natthi sotaṁ, natthi saddā, natthi sotasamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ, agati tava tattha, pāpima.
> _nose …_
>
> Taveva, pāpima, ghānaṁ, tava gandhā, tava ghānasamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ.
> _Yattha ca kho, pāpima, natthi ghānaṁ, natthi gandhā, natthi ghānasamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ, agati tava tattha, pāpima._
>
> **tongue** …
> _Taveva, pāpima, jivhā, tava rasā, tava jivhāsamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ …pe…_
>
> **body** …
> _taveva, pāpima, kāyo, tava phoṭṭhabbā, tava kāyasamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ …pe…_
>
> **mind**, yours are ideas, yours is the field of mind contact consciousness.
> _taveva, pāpima, mano, tava dhammā, tava manosamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ._
>
> Where there is no mind, no ideas, no mind contact consciousness—you have no place there, Wicked One!”
> _Yattha ca kho, pāpima, natthi mano, natthi dhammā, natthi manosamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ, agati tava tattha, pāpimā”ti._
## 10 Armies of Māra
![[Snp3.2 Padhānasutta#^10-armies]]
## Females — Mara's Trap
![[AN5.55 Mātāputtasutta#^maras-trap]]
## Notes
![[(2021-09-04) (BEST EVER) (12-day Series) Buddha Dhamma - Where to Start & What to do @Beginner#^86b628]]
![[☸️📒 {Eryu} Dhamma Learnings#2023-10-12 - Mara's army]]
## Suttas
- SN23.1 Mārasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn23.1/en/sujato))
- SNP3.2 Padhānasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/snp3.2/en/sujato))
- Buddha faced Māra with unmatched determination and courage
- Described the 10 Armies of Mara
- SN4.19 Kassakasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn4.19/en/sujato))
- Mara is in the 6 senses fields and consciousness!
- [[AN5.55 Mātāputtasutta]]