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What did the Buddha say about demons?

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Thanks, Stewart, for the A2A. This is a great question. In my reading of the early sutras, I cannot think of the Buddha himself saying anything about demons. It seems to me unlikely that he would have put forth views on the subject. read more

In the Mahayana, legends grew up of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Zen warriors who would find demons, defeat them in combat, and then force them to convert to Buddhism. The demons did not stop being demons. But they did promise to use their terrifying powers only to encourage people to believe more deeply. read more

But they should be aware that the Buddha wasn’t speaking figuratively about these things: that fact stands front and center in his very first sermon as well in many of the seventeen-and-a-half thousand suttas of his teachings. read more

Mara (Sanskrit: मार, Māra; Chinese: 天魔; pinyin: Tiānmó; Tibetan Wylie: bdud; Khmer: មារ; Burmese: မာရ်နတ်; Thai: มาร; Sinhalese: මාරයා), in Buddhism, is the demon that tempted Prince Siddhartha (Gautama Buddha) by trying to seduce him with the vision of beautiful women who, in various legends, are often said to be Mara's daughters. read more

The external demons are"heavenly" demons or demons from the spiritual world. Yama, lord of death, is a demon as is Mara, the evil king of demons who directly confronts Buddha. Psychologically, demons represent negative states of mind and harmful actions, such as jealousy, hatred, environmental exploitation, and greed. read more

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