Brahmin Māro Pāpimāperson

Māra the Wicked challenges the Buddha in verse on māra’s snares (2nd); the Teacher answers with wisdom and declares his defeat.

The Buddha teaches mendicants that human life is short and no one born is immortal; Māra interrupts in verse claiming people enjoy long life, and the Buddha refutes him, urging diligence in the spiritual life.

The Buddha teaches mendicants that human life is short and no one born is immortal; Māra interrupts in verse claiming people enjoy long life, and the Buddha refutes him, urging diligence in the spiritual life.

While the Buddha teaches with a lion's roar among mendicants, Māra challenges him in verse; the Buddha answers, declaring the defeat of the Wicked One.

Māra the Wicked challenges the Buddha in verse on a splinter; the Teacher answers with wisdom and declares his defeat.

While the Buddha teaches a large assembly of laypeople, Māra claims it is not appropriate for him to instruct others and warns against favoring and opposing; the Buddha answers that he teaches without grasping at views.

Māra the Wicked challenges the Buddha in verse on a mental snare; the Teacher answers with wisdom and declares his defeat.

While the Buddha teaches on the six fields of contact, Māra makes a terrifying noise like the earth shattering; the Buddha exposes him and teaches the mendicants to see formations as impermanent.

Māra the Wicked obstructs or tempts the Buddha or his disciples regarding alms food, and is overcome through wisdom, restraint, and the power of the Dhamma.

Māra the Wicked appears to young mendicants in the guise of an old brahmin, urging them to enjoy sensual pleasures rather than renounce what is apparent for what is distant; the mendicants refute him with the Buddha's teaching on the drawbacks of sensuality.

After pursuing the Buddha for seven years without finding a vulnerability, Māra questions him in verse on why he meditates alone in the forest; the Buddha answers that he has uprooted suffering and is unshakable.