Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Radha: SN23:11 Mara

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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "‘māro, māro’ti, bhante, vuccati. Katamo nu kho, bhante, māro"ti? "Rūpaṃ kho, rādha, māro, vedanā māro, saññā māro, sankhārā māro, viññāṇaṃ māro. Evaṃ passaṃ, rādha, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpasmimpi nibbindati, vedanāyapi nibbindati, saññāyapi nibbindati, sankhāresupi nibbindati, viññāṇasmimpi nibbindati. Nibbindaṃ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati. Vimuttasmiṃ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṃ hoti. ‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī"ti.

Paṭhamaṃ.