Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

demons are mentioned and another group of ten.
i. The common group of four: the demons of the
sorrows, of the five aggregates, of death, and of
Devaputra Mara.
ii. The group of ten is composed of the demons of: the
five aggregates, the five sorrows, karma, mind, death,
devas, good deeds, samadhi, good scholarship, and the
volitions of Buddhadharma wisdom.
Whereas the first nine are found in the Hinayana, the
tenth, called the "king of demons," is only seen in the
Mahayana and Vajrayana.
They are taken from the commentary on the
Avatamsaka Sutra.
The transcriber noted, "Ah! They have made the list
up to ten again!" Mr. Chen laughed.
A second category is known as the army of host of
demons. Again ten, these are: the "military" demons of
desire, grief, hunger and thirst, inordinate craving for
passionate love, sleep, terror, doubt and remorse, great
anger, gaining money and striving for an undeserved
good reputation, and pride. From their names, these
soldier-demons are easy to recognize and one should be
able to distinguish all such kinds of demons very well
indeed.
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