Mara in the Chinese Samyuktagamas, with a Translation of the Mara Samyukta of the Bieyi za ahan jing (T.100)
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https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v24i1.46Keywords:
Māra the Bad, Āgama literatureAbstract
This article addresses some philological and structural-narrative issues concerning the suttas on Mara the Bad in Agama literature. Included is a translation of the Mara Samyukta of the Bieyi za ahan jing, which includes such famous passages as the suicide without further rebirth of Godhika.
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