. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . None but a hero conquers it, and whoever conquersit obtains joy. Woe upon life in this world! Death in battle isbetter for me than that I should live defeated. Seeing on all sides an army arrayed and Mara on his elephant,I am going out to do battle that he may not drive me from myplace. This army of thine, which the world of men and gods can-not conquer, I will crush with understanding, as one crushes anunbaked earthen pot with a stone. Having made my thoughts subject to me and my attentionfirm, I sha
. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . None but a hero conquers it, and whoever conquersit obtains joy. Woe upon life in this world! Death in battle isbetter for me than that I should live defeated. Seeing on all sides an army arrayed and Mara on his elephant,I am going out to do battle that he may not drive me from myplace. This army of thine, which the world of men and gods can-not conquer, I will crush with understanding, as one crushes anunbaked earthen pot with a stone. Having made my thoughts subject to me and my attentionfirm, I shall wander about from kingdom to kingdom training dis-ciples. They will be zealous and energetic, obedient to the discip-line of one free from lust, and they will go to the place where thereis no mourning. And Mara said: For seven years I followed Bhagavat, stepby step, but found no fault in the Perfectly Enlightened andThoughtful One. When Buddha went to the Bo-tree Mara, the EvilOne, proposed to shake his resolution, either through theallurements of his daughters or bj^ force. He sounded. Maras sculptures. Museum of Lahore. (Reproduced from Griinwedel.) BUDDHISM. Ill the war crj aud drew out for battle. The earth quaked,when Mara, mounted on his elephant, approached theBuddha. The gods, among them Sakka, the king of thegods, and Brahma, tried to stay Maras army, but noneof them was able to stand his ground, and each i!edstraight before him. Buddha said: Here is this multitude exerting all their strength and poweragainst me alone. My mother and father are not here, nor abrother, nor any other relative. But I have these Ten Perfections,like old retainers long cherished at my board. It therefore be-hooves me to make the Ten Perfections my shield and my sword,and to strike a blow with them that shall destroy this strong he remained sitting and reflected on the Ten Perfections.—Buddhism in Translations. By H. C. Warren, pp. 77-78. Mara caused a whirlwind t
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