Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.12
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 23.12
2. Dutiyamāravagga
2. About Māra (2nd)
Māradhammasutta
Susceptible to Māra
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:
“‘māradhammo, māradhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati.
“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘susceptible to Māra’.
Katamo nu kho, bhante, māradhammo”ti?
What is susceptible to Māra?”
“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, māradhammo, vedanā māradhammo, saññā māradhammo, saṅkhārā māradhammo, viññāṇaṁ māradhammo.
“Rādha, form is susceptible to Māra. Feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are susceptible to Māra.
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
Seeing this …
nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”
Dutiyaṁ.