Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 190 37. Then again Māra, the lord of the world of Desire, lost to shame, taking the form of the head of a family, thus addressed him from the sky: 38. ‘I worshipped thee long ago, foretelling that thou wouldest become a Buddha; and <strong>by</strong> my blessings thou hast to-day become Buddha Tathāgata. 39. ‘As thou didst come from thine own kingdom, so now having returned as Tathāgata, with a name corresponding to the reality be a king Tathāgata. 40. ‘Having gone to that royal station, do thou meditate on the three jewels, and cherish thy father and mother, and delight Yaśodharā, – 41. ‘Possessed of a thousand sons, and able to deliver the world, be successively the supreme lord of every world from the Yāma heaven onwards’. 42. ‘Having become also the supreme lord of all Bodhisattvas, thou shalt attain Nirvāṇa; O wise seer, repair to the hermitage of Kapila in order to beget those sons. 43. ‘As thou art the king of the Law, so shall thy sons also be all Tathāgatas, and all the activity and cessation of existence shall depend upon thee, O Jina.’
Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 191 44. To him thus speaking the All-wise replied, ‘Hear, O shameless one; thou art Māra, – not the head of a clan, the upholder of the race of the Śākyas. 45. ‘A host like thee, though they came in myriads, could not harm me, – I will go to my kingdom gradually, I will bring the world to perfect happiness. 46. ‘Thou art utterly vanquished, O Namuci, go back to thy own home; I will go hence to turn the wheel of the Law in Vārāṇasī.’ 47. He, on hearing this command, saying with a deep sigh, ‘Alas! I am crushed,’ left him and went despondent and companionless through the sky to his home. 48. Then he, the conqueror of Māra, rising from that throne, set forth to journey alone to the holy Vārāṇasī. 49. The heavens became covered with clouds when they saw the chief of saints, and the king of the Nāgas Mucilinda made a petition in reverential faith: 50. ‘O holy one, thou art all-wise, there will be stormy weather for seven days, – wind, rain, and darkness, – dwell for the time in my abode.’ 51. Though himself possessed of all supernatural power, the holy one thought of the world still involved in embodied existence, and sitting on that jewel-seat he remained absorbed in contemplation.
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