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Majjhima Nikāya 50

Māratajjanīyasutta

The Rebuke of Māra · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thenAtha indeedkho, evil onepāpima, of Dūsīdūsissa of Māramārassa it occurred to himetadahosi:
of these‘imesaṁ indeedkho Iahaṁ of the bhikkhusbhikkhūnaṁ of the virtuoussīlavantānaṁ of good characterkalyāṇadhammānaṁ notneva I knowjānāmi the comingāgatiṁ orvā the goinggatiṁ orvā.
why don’t IYannūnāhaṁ the brahmins and householdersbrāhmaṇagahapatike I should take possession ofanvāviseyyaṁ—
comeetha, youtumhe the bhikkhusbhikkhū virtuoussīlavante of good characterkalyāṇadhamme abuseakkosatha attackparibhāsatha harassrosetha troublevihesetha.
hopefullyAppeva indeednāma by youtumhehi of those being abusedakkosiyamānānaṁ of those being attackedparibhāsiyamānānaṁ of those being harassedrosiyamānānaṁ of those being troubledvihesiyamānānaṁ there might besiyā of the mindcittassa a changeaññathattaṁ, so thatyathā thattaṁ Dūsīdūsī Māramāro might findlabhetha a vulnerabilityotāran’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho thosete, evil onepāpima, Dūsīdūsī Māramāro the brahmins and householdersbrāhmaṇagahapatike he took possession ofanvāvisi:
come‘etha, youtumhe the bhikkhusbhikkhū virtuoussīlavante of good characterkalyāṇadhamme abuseakkosatha attackparibhāsatha harassrosetha troublevihesetha.
hopefullyAppeva indeednāma by youtumhehi of those being abusedakkosiyamānānaṁ of those being attackedparibhāsiyamānānaṁ of those being harassedrosiyamānānaṁ of those being troubledvihesiyamānānaṁ there might besiyā of the mindcittassa a changeaññathattaṁ, so thatyathā thattaṁ Dūsīdūsī Māramāro might findlabhetha a vulnerabilityotāran’ti.

Then it occurred to Māra Dūsī, ‘I don’t know the course of rebirth of these ethical mendicants of good character. Why don’t I take possession of these brahmins and householders and say, “Come, all of you, abuse, attack, harass, and trouble the ethical mendicants of good character. Hopefully by doing this we can upset their minds so that Māra Dūsī can find a vulnerability.”’ And that’s exactly what he did.

thenAtha indeedkho thosete, Evil Onepāpima, brahmins and householdersbrāhmaṇagahapatikā possessedanvāvisiṭṭhā by Dūsīdūsinā by Māramārena mendicantsbhikkhū ethicalsīlavante of good characterkalyāṇadhamme abuseakkosanti attackparibhāsanti harassrosenti troublevihesenti:
these‘ime butpana shavelingsmuṇḍakā fake asceticssamaṇakā primitivesibbhā blackkiṇhā spawn from the feet of our kinsmanbandhupādāpaccā we practice absorption meditation“jhāyinosmā “we practice absorption meditation”jhāyinosmā”ti shoulders droopingpattakkhandhā downcastadhomukhā dopeymadhurakajātā meditatejhāyanti concentratepajjhāyanti contemplatenijjhāyanti ruminateapajjhāyanti.
just asSeyyathāpi it is saidnāma an owlulūko on a branchrukkhasākhāyaṁ a mousemūsikaṁ huntingmaggayamāno meditatesjhāyati concentratespajjhāyati contemplatesnijjhāyati ruminatesapajjhāyati;
just so theseevamevime shavelingsmuṇḍakā fake asceticssamaṇakā primitivesibbhā blackkiṇhā spawn from the feet of our kinsmanbandhupādāpaccā we practice absorption meditation“jhāyinosmā “we practice absorption meditation”jhāyinosmā”ti shoulders droopingpattakkhandhā downcastadhomukhā dopeymadhurakajātā meditatejhāyanti concentratepajjhāyanti contemplatenijjhāyanti ruminateapajjhāyanti.
just asSeyyathāpi it is saidnāma a jackalkotthu on a river-banknadītīre fishmacche huntingmaggayamāno meditatesjhāyati concentratespajjhāyati contemplatesnijjhāyati ruminatesapajjhāyati;
just so theseevamevime shavelingsmuṇḍakā fake asceticssamaṇakā primitivesibbhā blackkiṇhā spawn from the feet of our kinsmanbandhupādāpaccā we practice absorption meditation“jhāyinosmā “we practice absorption meditation”jhāyinosmā”ti shoulders droopingpattakkhandhā downcastadhomukhā dopeymadhurakajātā meditatejhāyanti concentratepajjhāyanti contemplatenijjhāyanti ruminateapajjhāyanti.
just asSeyyathāpi it is saidnāma a catbiḷāro by an alley or a drain or a dustbinsandhisamalasaṅkaṭīre a mousemūsikaṁ huntingmaggayamāno meditatesjhāyati concentratespajjhāyati contemplatesnijjhāyati ruminatesapajjhāyati;

Then those brahmins and householders abused, attacked, harassed, and troubled the ethical mendicants of good character: ‘These shavelings, fake ascetics, primitives, black spawn from the feet of our kinsman, say, “We practice absorption meditation! We practice absorption meditation!” Shoulders drooping, downcast, and dopey, they meditate and concentrate and contemplate and ruminate. They’re just like an owl on a branch, which meditates and concentrates and contemplates and ruminates as it hunts a mouse. They’re just like a jackal on a river-bank, which meditates and concentrates and contemplates and ruminates as it hunts a fish. They’re just like a cat by an alley or a drain or a dustbin, which meditates and concentrates and contemplates and ruminates as it hunts a mouse.

just so theseevamevime shavelingsmuṇḍakā fake asceticssamaṇakā primitivesibbhā blackkiṇhā black spawn from the feet of our kinsmanbandhupādāpaccā we practice absorption meditation“jhāyinosmā we practice absorption meditation” thusjhāyinosmā”ti shoulders droopingpattakkhandhā downcastadhomukhā dopeymadhurakajātā they meditatejhāyanti they concentratepajjhāyanti they contemplatenijjhāyanti they ruminate.apajjhāyanti.
just asSeyyathāpi saynāma a donkeygadrabho unladenvahacchinno by an alley or a drain or a dustbinsandhisamalasaṅkaṭīre meditatesjhāyati concentratespajjhāyati contemplatesnijjhāyati ruminates;apajjhāyati;
just so theseevamevime shavelingsmuṇḍakā fake asceticssamaṇakā primitivesibbhā blackkiṇhā black spawn from the feet of our kinsmanbandhupādāpaccā we practice absorption meditation“jhāyinosmā we practice absorption meditation” thusjhāyinosmā”ti shoulders droopingpattakkhandhā downcastadhomukhā dopeymadhurakajātā they meditatejhāyanti they concentratepajjhāyanti they contemplatenijjhāyanti they ruminate’.”apajjhāyantī’ti.
whoYe indeedkho thenpana, O Evil Onepāpima, at thattena timesamayena peoplemanussā timekālaṁ makekaronti for the most partyebhuyyena of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā a place of lossapāyaṁ a bad placeduggatiṁ the underworldvinipātaṁ hellnirayaṁ they were reborn.upapajjanti.

They’re just like an unladen donkey by an alley or a drain or a dustbin, which meditates and concentrates and contemplates and ruminates. In the same way, these shavelings, fake ascetics, primitives, black spawn from the feet of our kinsman, say, “We practice absorption meditation! We practice absorption meditation!” Shoulders drooping, downcast, and dopey, they meditate and concentrate and contemplate and ruminate.’ Most of the people who died at that time—when their body broke up, after death—were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.

thenAtha indeedkho, evil onepāpima, Kakusandhakakusandho the Blessed Onebhagavā the perfected onearahaṁ the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho the mendicantsbhikkhū addressedāmantesi:
possessed‘anvāviṭṭhā indeedkho, mendicantsbhikkhave, brahmins and householdersbrāhmaṇagahapatikā by Dūsīdūsinā Māramārena—
comeetha, youtumhe mendicantsbhikkhū virtuoussīlavante of good characterkalyāṇadhamme abuseakkosatha revileparibhāsatha annoyrosetha harassvihesetha, maybeappeva perhapsnāma by youtumhehi being abusedakkosiyamānānaṁ being reviledparibhāsiyamānānaṁ being annoyedrosiyamānānaṁ being harassedvihesiyamānānaṁ there might besiyā of the mindcittassa alterationaññathattaṁ, so thatyathā thattaṁ Dūsīdūsī Māramāro might obtainlabhetha a vulnerabilityotāran’ti.
comeEtha, youtumhe, mendicantsbhikkhave, full of lovemettāsahagatena with a heartcetasā oneekaṁ directiondisaṁ having spreadpharitvā meditateviharatha, sotathā the seconddutiyaṁ, sotathā the thirdtatiyaṁ, sotathā the fourthcatutthaṁ. thusIti above and belowuddhamadho acrosstiriyaṁ everywheresabbadhi all aroundsabbattatāya the wholesabbāvantaṁ worldlokaṁ full of lovemettāsahagatena with a heartcetasā abundantvipulena expansivemahaggatena limitlessappamāṇena free of enmityaverena free of ill willabyābajjhena having spreadpharitvā meditateviharatha.
full of compassionKaruṇāsahagatena with a heartcetasā …pe……pe…
full of rejoicingmuditāsahagatena with a heartcetasā …pe……pe…

Then Kakusandha the Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, addressed the mendicants: ‘Mendicants, the brahmins and householders have been possessed by Māra Dūsī. He told them to abuse you in the hope of upsetting your minds so that he can find a vulnerability. Come, all of you mendicants, meditate spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will. Meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … Meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing …

with equanimity-conjoinedupekkhāsahagatena with mindcetasā oneekaṁ directiondisaṁ having spreadpharitvā meditateviharatha, sotathā the seconddutiyaṁ, sotathā the thirdtatiyaṁ, sotathā the fourthcatutthaṁ. thusIti above and belowuddhamadho acrosstiriyaṁ everywheresabbadhi all aroundsabbattatāya the wholesabbāvantaṁ worldlokaṁ with equanimity-conjoinedupekkhāsahagatena with mindcetasā abundantvipulena expansivemahaggatena limitlessappamāṇena free of enmityaverena free of ill willabyābajjhena having spreadpharitvā meditateviharathā’ti.

Meditate spreading a heart full of equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, spread a heart full of equanimity to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.’

thenAtha indeedkho thosete, O Evil Onepāpima, mendicantsbhikkhū by Kakusandhakakusandhena by the Blessed Onebhagavatā by the Worthy Onearahatā by the Fully Enlightened Onesammāsambuddhena thusevaṁ being instructedovadiyamānā thusevaṁ being advisedanusāsiyamānā gone to the wildernessaraññagatāpi gone to the root of a treerukkhamūlagatāpi gone to an empty hutsuññāgāragatāpi with a heart full of lovemettāsahagatena with a heartcetasā oneekaṁ directiondisaṁ having pervadedpharitvā they meditatedvihariṁsu, sotathā the seconddutiyaṁ, sotathā the thirdtatiyaṁ, sotathā the fourthcatutthaṁ. thusIti above, belowuddhamadho acrosstiriyaṁ everywheresabbadhi with allnesssabbattatāya the entiresabbāvantaṁ worldlokaṁ with a heart full of lovemettāsahagatena with a heartcetasā vastvipulena expansivemahaggatena immeasurableappamāṇena without enmityaverena without distressabyābajjhena having pervadedpharitvā they meditatedvihariṁsu.
with a heart full of compassionKaruṇāsahagatena with a heartcetasā [section omitted]…pe…
with a heart full of sympathetic joymuditāsahagatena with a heartcetasā [section omitted]…pe…
with a heart full of equanimityupekkhāsahagatena with a heartcetasā oneekaṁ directiondisaṁ having pervadedpharitvā they meditatedvihariṁsu, sotathā the seconddutiyaṁ, sotathā the thirdtatiyaṁ, sotathā the fourthcatutthaṁ. thusIti above, belowuddhamadho acrosstiriyaṁ everywheresabbadhi with allnesssabbattatāya the entiresabbāvantaṁ worldlokaṁ with a heart full of equanimityupekkhāsahagatena with a heartcetasā vastvipulena expansivemahaggatena immeasurableappamāṇena without enmityaverena without distressabyābajjhena having pervadedpharitvā they meditatedvihariṁsu.

When those mendicants were instructed and advised by the Buddha Kakusandha in this way, they went to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut, where they meditated spreading a heart full of love … compassion … rejoicing … equanimity.

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