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In Buddhism, Mara is a demon who tempted Bhagvan Buddha by trying to seduce him with the vision of beautiful maidens to cause obstacles for Him when He sat in the seat of silence to attain Bliss. The Buddhist legend says that Mara had three daughters -- Tanha (Crave), Raga (Lust) & Arati (Discontent) and three sons –Vibhrama (Confusion), Harsa (Gaiety), & Darpa (Pride). He engages all his six children to stop a spiritual seeker who is on the verge of attaining liberation. Hence we see many many spiritual seekers fumble at the threshold of Enlightenment. He is taking revenge on the sages who seek emancipation says the Buddhist literature.
Why should Mara do so????
The answer is in the story of Kumarasambhava (Kama Dahana), in order to get relief from the Tharakasura, the celestial beings persuade Kama Deva to induce lust in Lord Shiva who is as young Dakshina Murthy teaching the Moksha Jnana to aged Sages under a Banyana (Vata) Tree. At this time Kama Deva ties his ability and he fails and Shiva opens his Third eye, the gaze of which was so powerful that Kama's body is reduced to ashes. For the sake of Kama's wife Rati, Shiva restored him, but only as a mental image, representing the true emotional and mental state of love rather than physical lust, Hence from that day he is Ananga (body less). He gets the name Mara, “He who wounds.” From that day he is an obstacle for enlightenment says the Buddhist scriptures. He is the enemy of Buddha and destroyer of inner peace.
According to Hindu scriptures when Rati pleads even more for retrieving the physical body of Kama Deva, Lord Shiva assures that he will be born as the son of Lord Krishna and Rukmini Devi in Dwapara Yuga as Pradyumna.
Who is this Pradyumna??? He is the reincarnation of Kama.
In our Swapna (Dream) stage all the five sense organs are at rest and only the mind is working. Dream is the imitation of the experiences of the wakeful stage with some modifications and is created out of materials supplied from the waking stage. Mind itself is the seer and seen. Pradyumna is responsible for this aspect and is regarded as “the provider of unfulfilled desire experiences.” With these experiences unfolding the individual is denied peaceful sleep, like in a house where though elders are asleep (the five senses) the naughty child, the mind, is awake and causing illusions. Some believe that the mind weaves dreams due to experiences that happen in the day and has control over it, if so is it possible to choose only sweet dreams and avoid nightmares? Pradyumna is the giver of astral consciousness.
Pradyumna and Mara are same then??????
Yes, Lord Krishna is addressed as "MARA JANAKA" (father of MARA) but Hinduism tackles Pradyumna in a different way and Buddhism tackles Mara in a different way
Which way is better and suits well is the choice of the seeker.
Right????????
In Buddhism, Mara is a demon who tempted Bhagvan Buddha by trying to seduce him with the vision of beautiful maidens to cause obstacles for Him when He sat in the seat of silence to attain Bliss. The Buddhist legend says that Mara had three daughters -- Tanha (Crave), Raga (Lust) & Arati (Discontent) and three sons –Vibhrama (Confusion), Harsa (Gaiety), & Darpa (Pride). He engages all his six children to stop a spiritual seeker who is on the verge of attaining liberation. Hence we see many many spiritual seekers fumble at the threshold of Enlightenment. He is taking revenge on the sages who seek emancipation says the Buddhist literature.
The answer is in the story of Kumarasambhava (Kama Dahana), in order to get relief from the Tharakasura, the celestial beings persuade Kama Deva to induce lust in Lord Shiva who is as young Dakshina Murthy teaching the Moksha Jnana to aged Sages under a Banyana (Vata) Tree. At this time Kama Deva ties his ability and he fails and Shiva opens his Third eye, the gaze of which was so powerful that Kama's body is reduced to ashes. For the sake of Kama's wife Rati, Shiva restored him, but only as a mental image, representing the true emotional and mental state of love rather than physical lust, Hence from that day he is Ananga (body less). He gets the name Mara, “He who wounds.” From that day he is an obstacle for enlightenment says the Buddhist scriptures. He is the enemy of Buddha and destroyer of inner peace.
According to Hindu scriptures when Rati pleads even more for retrieving the physical body of Kama Deva, Lord Shiva assures that he will be born as the son of Lord Krishna and Rukmini Devi in Dwapara Yuga as Pradyumna.
Who is this Pradyumna??? He is the reincarnation of Kama.
In our Swapna (Dream) stage all the five sense organs are at rest and only the mind is working. Dream is the imitation of the experiences of the wakeful stage with some modifications and is created out of materials supplied from the waking stage. Mind itself is the seer and seen. Pradyumna is responsible for this aspect and is regarded as “the provider of unfulfilled desire experiences.” With these experiences unfolding the individual is denied peaceful sleep, like in a house where though elders are asleep (the five senses) the naughty child, the mind, is awake and causing illusions. Some believe that the mind weaves dreams due to experiences that happen in the day and has control over it, if so is it possible to choose only sweet dreams and avoid nightmares? Pradyumna is the giver of astral consciousness.
Pradyumna and Mara are same then??????
Yes, Lord Krishna is addressed as "MARA JANAKA" (father of MARA) but Hinduism tackles Pradyumna in a different way and Buddhism tackles Mara in a different way
Which way is better and suits well is the choice of the seeker.
Right????????
This universe is maintained on the principle of duality.both positive and negative forces are there in the outside world They are in the mental level aso .As they are opposite to each other the evil force dominates and create problems for the good people.
ReplyDeleteIn our scriptures also there are umpteen incidents where The satvic rishis performing yajnas for the welfare if the humanity Rakhasas used to disturb them.The fight between good and evil is endless.here in case of Buddha it is symbolic.It happend in the mind as he iwas in meditation.
In Shiva s story also also it is symbolic.he could control the desire completely.Then he had ason who was born to save the world from a demon Tarakasura.manmadha is the god of desire, called Kama.