Māra's Roles in Buddhism: Personal and Cosmological

We will begin by looking at who Māra is, through an investigation of the linguistic roots of his name. Then we'll turn to look at a couple of Māra's roles in Buddhism, both the way he works in a cosmological sense as well as in a personal sense.

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✅ Resources on the linguistic roots of Māra:
https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app...

https://www.etymonline.com/word/*mer-

✅ Sutta mentioned:
Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Suttanipāta — https://amzn.to/3e0dyYm

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