Blessed But Badly – The Causes and Signs of Mara Influence: Patrül Rinpoche’s Text on Diagnosing and Avoiding Maras, Part III

‘The Earth is My Witness’. A rather bronzed Keanu Reeves as the Buddha unmasking Mara in the 1993 Bernardo Bertolucci film ‘Little Buddha’.

In Part III of Patrül Rinpoche and Chegompa’s text on maras, the discussion shifts to behaviours and situations which enable maras and their influence to enter into your life and being and to the various signs which indicate that the maras have you in their hold. Let’s dive right in (as before, I’ll share some brief reflections at the end of the translation. For Part I and II of the text see here and here, respectively).

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