MaraPasa Sutta
Mara's Power
"There are forms, monks, cognizable via the eye,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk relishes them, welcomes them, and remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk fettered by forms cognizable by the eye. He has gone over to Mara's camp; he has come under Mara's power. The Evil One can do with him as he will.
"There are sounds, monks, cognizable via the ear,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk relishes them, welcomes them, and remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk fettered by sounds cognizable by the ear. He has gone over to Mara's camp;
he has come under Mara's power. The Evil One can do with him as he will.
"There are aromas, monks, cognizable via the nose,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk relishes them, welcomes them, and remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk fettered by aromas cognizable by the nose. He has gone over to Mara's camp;
he has come under Mara's power. The Evil One can do with him as he will.
"There are flavours, monks, cognizable via the tongue,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk relishes them, welcomes them, and remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk fettered by flavours cognizable by the tongue. He has gone over to Mara's camp;
he has come under Mara's power. The Evil One can do with him as he will.
"There are tactile sensations, monks, cognizable via the body,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk relishes them, welcomes them, and remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk fettered by tactile sensations cognizable by the body. He has gone over to Mara's camp; he has come under Mara's power. The Evil One can do with him as he will.
"There are ideas, monks, cognizable via the intellect,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk relishes them, welcomes them, and remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk fettered by ideas cognizable by the intellect. He has gone over to Mara's camp;
he has come under Mara's power. The Evil One can do with him as he will.
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"Monks, of those forms cognizable via the eye,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk does not relish them, nor welcomes them, nor remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk freed from forms cognizable by the eye. He has not gone over to Mara's camp; he has not come under Mara's power. The Evil One cannot do with him as he will.
"Monks, of those sounds cognizable via the ear,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk does not relish them, nor welcomes them, nor remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk freed from sounds cognizable by the ear. He has not gone over to Mara's camp; he has not come under Mara's power. The Evil One cannot do with him as he will.
"Monks, of those aromas cognizable via the nose ,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk does not relish them, nor welcomes them, nor remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk freed from aromas cognizable by the nose. He has not gone over to Mara's camp; he has not come under Mara's power. The Evil One cannot do with him as he will.
"Monks, of those flavours cognizable via the tongue,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk does not relish them, nor welcomes them, nor remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk freed from flavours cognizable by the tongue. He has not gone over to Mara's camp; he has not come under Mara's power. The Evil One cannot do with him as he will.
"Monks, of those tactile sensations cognizable via the body,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk does not relish them, nor welcomes them, nor remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk freed from tactile sensations cognizable by the body. He has not gone over to Mara's camp; he has not come under Mara's power. The Evil One cannot do with him as he will.
"Monks, of those ideas cognizable via the intellect,
agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, fostering desire, enticing...
If a monk does not relish them, nor welcomes them, nor remains fastened to them, he is said to be a monk freed from ideas cognizable by the intellect. He has not gone over to Mara's camp; he has not come under Mara's power. The Evil One cannot do with him as he will."
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