What happened to Mara?

[thomaslaw]

The following posting may be relevant to your Mara’s question?

Where did Mara come from?

According to the article by Choong Mun-keat, “A comparison of the Pali and Chinese versions of the Mara Samyutta, a collection of early Buddhist discourses on Mara, the Evil One”, The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, Vol.10, 2009, pp. 40-41: “… Before discussing disagreements on some teachings presented in the three versions of the Māra Saṃyukta/Saṃyutta, some shared images of Māra in the literature will be discussed here. (1) The term Māra-pāpimant/Māro Pāpimā, ‘Māra the Evi…