Defeating Devil Incarnation or Mara Parajaya

Defeating Devil Incarnation or Mara Parajaya

Please NOTE Ananda Maithriya Thera has mentioned only a little bit about MARA.

This is an attempt to give a summary but with my own relevant insinuations.

There are five other gods living with us in this world system. I forget there names. They fear and stay away from Mara who dominate them. 

It took about six months for me to find. I think I found them from the Pali Dictionary. They are not my creations. 

I have mentioned them in my book Buddhist Cosmology. 

These six are outside of the four Devas, Saman, Vishnu, Kataragama and Patththini. Those four are the ones who depicted in the Kandy Perehara.

1. Nimana ?skilled creations

2. Nimanavattu

3. Nilagiri

I had no intention of writing about Mara but when I was working on a book about Buddhism, I wanted to investigate why Buddha had to toil for 6 years to attain Enlightenment. 

In the beginning, I could not find a reference to this word in any one of my books. Being myself a scientific investigator, I do not give up. Finally I found the word Mara in a Pali Dictionary and through cross references, I confirmed the 6 year period of hardship when Mara tried to dissuade or discourage the attempt before Enlightenment. 

That is a necessity and 7 days is the minimum to get rid of any doubt This the Right Way or Samma Ditti.

Before that I believed it was as 7 years. 

After finishing this work, I completely forgot about Mara, being a pathologist, I wanted to get way from this dirty Mara job except for scientific investigation.

That was the beginning and I found a few verses in the Dhammapada, two of which I have reproduced below.

Now I understand it is banned for Theravada Monks to talk about Mara, the reason which I do not know. I think it is only relevant to monks meditating in the forest.

There is a YouTube presentation of a Buddhist monk who does talk about Mara.

He says 95% of the world is under influence of Mara and I have to agree with him without reservation. 

This has some relevance to current conflict in the Middle East.

Mara actually is a God with all bad intentions. He is the "God Thug" and lives on hate. 

He love all forms of war. 

In this Kalpa only Buddha has defeated him or Mara.

Even little thing as killing a mosquito, Mara enjoys. 

He does not want individuals to obtain higher skills or Jhana since during these higher states of mind his influence fades away. That is the very reason only a few meditators who can maintain this state up to 10 days. A few Rishis however can maintain and live long years. Rhisis have "Bhava Tanha" and can never attain Nibbhana. 

In my understanding it is a waste of a human life on mundane stuff.

Mara has no influence on Vipassana Bhavana. 

Vipassana is difficult and needs deeper understanding of Dhamma. 

I believe forest monks learn to slip to Vipassana Bhavana moment the Mara seems to influence them.

Vipassana and Samatha are two sides of the same coin. 

One cannot be developed without the help of the other. 

This is why I encourage Vipassana where the blood pressure fluctuation is minimal and stable.

One can sustain heart attacks or strokes during these "Trance Episodes".

When I returned from UK, I spent six months doing nothing and I was in Colombo most of the time. Then, it was difficult to find a good English Music CD in Kandy.

I was free after 1PM. and used to meet a lot of guys after retirement doing nothing and not having a particular hobby or pastime.

I used to give pep talks and used to have Q and A sessions. 

I had a collection about 30 guys with minor unsolved problems having sent to one of my friends who was an excellent psychiatrist. He clears major psychiatric problems and sent me back saying just ignore.

This is the 40% category or the "Unknown Category" in pathology, even after in depth investigation one has a blind spot.

No diagnostic label. 

Old guys like to have a diagnostic label attached for posterity.

This is the same category who falls prey to astrologer and sooth seekers. 

I call this the "Manio Category".  

But being myself a scientific investigator I delved in and found majority of them had gone to Meditations after retirement. 

I said stop this nonsense and all of them recovered fully. 

This gradually increased my pep talk clientele. 

I am totally against any form of "Gossip" especially the political stuff like the that Ratana Saffron Guy Type political gossips. 

I was of the misunderstanding that males do not carry tales. 

I am proven wrong with classic examples.

They do especially after retirement and after somewhat of a heavy drink. 

Some Become Viable YouTube doll outs.

This has nothing to do with ICBMS in the email chats. 

If any, they are technically advanced gossips. Everybody knows it before even the tale becoming a real gossip.

Going back to the original story, I was not even 40 then, and was heavily involved in reading and Linux at my leisure. 

I was always inside a bookshop and especially 50% reduction sales. 

I would not have collected over 2000 books if not for this "bad habit".  

Yes, it is a bad habit in Ceylon where 99% either do not read books or cannot read and understand an English Book.

Fake Information Factory is YouTube.

However, I am yet to find the book The (De) Capital by Carl Marx.

This time round Australia I did not buy any books.

When in Ceylon by accident I read a Sinhala book (I am allergic to Sinhala Books) by Rerukane Chandawimale Thera. 

He was in Nawaloka Hospital with JRJ and I did not receive any blood report of him but loads from JRJ. I signed the last report of JRJ and I said, according to the blood chemistry this guy aught to be dead now and left by train to Kandy. 

Yes, by the time I reached Ragama white flags were up. 

I did not go to see both when they were alive but desperately ill. 

However, I heard one of my bosses (Dr. Drahaman)  of my Internship was admitted to hospital. He had a bad stroke and was desperately ill and was deeply unconscious. 

I could not say Good Bye.   

I do not interfere with Muslim traditions when it comes to death.

Yes, in this piece Mara Parajaya, a few of my cases were relevant.

The point of interest is Rev.Renukane Chandawimala has given very specific instructions to Monks, according to Thripitaka of the heart, brain and kidney problems one may encounter when one indulges in meditation in old age.

I practice "Metta Meditation".

 

It is the best antidote to *Mara Diviya Rajaya* influence.

Mara and Alavaka.
Maratirekam-abhiyujjhita sabbarattim

Ghorampanalavakamakkha-m-athaddhayakkham

Khantisudantavidhina jitava munindo

Tam tejasa bhavatu te jayamangalani.

More than (even) Mara contending all night through,
Indeed, the fierce and obdurate yakkha alavaka,

Through forbearance, the well trained mind,
The Lord of Sages won.
 
Through that power the victory may  be yours.

The Elephant Girimekhala and Mara

Bahum sahassam-abhinimmita sayudham tam

Girimekhalam uditaghora sasenamaram

Danadidhammavidhina jitava munindo

Tam tejasa bhavatu te jayamangalani.

With a thousand arms and created weapons that Girimekhala (Elephant) with Mara, 

Risen with fierceness together with his army,

Through righteous means, such as generosity, 

The Lord of Sages won.

Through that power the victory may  be yours.