Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 05/08/2019
Māra threatens the Buddha with a “mental snare” in the sky.So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse: “There’s a mental snare wandering the sky. I’ll bind you with it—you won’t escape me, ascetic!” “Sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and touches so delightful: desire for these is gone from me.
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