[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916) › 4.93 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.93 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.93 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.93) 次第五、明魔事者，魔羅，秦言殺者。奪行人功德之財，殺智慧命，故名魔羅。云何名魔事？如佛以功德智慧度脫眾生，入涅槃為事。魔亦如是，常以破壞眾生善根，令流轉生死為事。若能安心道門，道高則魔盛，故須善識魔事。今釋即為三：一、分別魔法不同；二、明魔事發相；三、明壞魔之法。 > Next, fifth, explaining māra-affairs: "Māra" in the language of Qin means "killer." Because it plunders the practitioner's wealth of merit and slays the life of wisdom, it is called Māra. What are called māra-affairs? Just as the Buddha takes the deliverance of sentient beings through merit and wisdom and their entry into nirvāṇa as his affair, Māra likewise constantly takes the destruction of sentient beings' wholesome roots and causing them to transmigrate in saṃsāra as his affair. If one can settle one's mind in the gate of the Path, when the Path is high, Māra is powerful; therefore, one must skillfully recognize māra-affairs. The present explanation comprises three parts: first, distinguishing the differences among māra-dharmas; second, explaining the manifestations of māra-affairs; third, explaining the method for destroying Māra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.92) - [Next: 4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.94) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.4.93) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.93) · Pramāṇa