Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 17

Linked Discourses 4.17
2. Rule
The Six Fields of Contact
At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.
Now at that time the Buddha was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk on the topic of the six fields of contact.
And those mendicants were paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.
Then Māra thought,
“This ascetic Gotama is educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk on the topic of the six fields of contact.
And those mendicants are paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.
Why don’t I go and pull the wool over their eyes?”
Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and made a terrifyingly loud noise close by him. It seemed as if the earth were shattering, so that one of the mendicants said to another,
“Mendicant, mendicant, it seems like the earth is shattering!”
When this was said, the Buddha said to that mendicant,
“Mendicant, that’s not the earth shattering.
That’s Māra the Wicked come to pull the wool over your eyes!”
Then the Buddha, knowing that this was Māra the Wicked, addressed him in verse:
“Sights, sounds, tastes, smells,
touches, and ideas, the lot of them - this is the terrible bait
that the world’s infatuated by.
But a mindful disciple of the Buddha
has transcended all that.
Having slipped free of Māra’s dominion,
they dazzle like the sun.”
Then Māra … vanished right there.

Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.17
2. Dutiyavagga
Chaphassāyatanasutta
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ upādāya bhikkhūnaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti.
Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.
Atha kho mārassa pāpimato etadahosi:
“ayaṁ kho samaṇo gotamo channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ upādāya bhikkhūnaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sappahaṁseti.
Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.
Yannūnāhaṁ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṁ vicakkhukammāyā”ti.
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato avidūre mahantaṁ bhayabheravaṁ saddamakāsi, apissudaṁ pathavī maññe undrīyati. Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu aññataraṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:
“bhikkhu bhikkhu, esā pathavī maññe undrīyatī”ti.
Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:
“nesā, bhikkhu, pathavī undrīyati.
Māro eso pāpimā tumhākaṁ vicakkhukammāya āgato”ti.
Atha kho bhagavā “māro ayaṁ pāpimā” iti viditvā māraṁ pāpimantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“Rūpā saddā rasā gandhā,
phassā dhammā ca kevalā;
Etaṁ lokāmisaṁ ghoraṁ,
ettha loko vimucchito.
Etañca samatikkamma,
sato buddhassa sāvako;
Māradheyyaṁ atikkamma,
ādiccova virocatī”ti.
Atha kho māro pāpimā …pe… tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Discours reliés 4.17
2. Règle
Les six champs de contact
À une époque, le Bouddha séjournait près de Vesālī, dans le Grand Bois, dans la salle au toit pointu.
Or, à ce moment-là, le Bouddha instruisait, encourageait, stimulait et inspirait les renonçants par un enseignement du Dhamma consacré aux six champs de contact.
Et ces renonçants étaient attentifs, appliquaient leur esprit, se concentraient de tout cœur et écoutaient activement.
Alors Māra pensa :
« Cet ascète Gotama instruit, encourage, stimule et inspire les renonçants par un enseignement du Dhamma consacré aux six champs de contact.
Et ces renonçants sont attentifs, appliquent leur esprit, se concentrent de tout cœur et écoutent activement.
Pourquoi n’irais-je pas les duper ? »
Alors Māra le Mauvais s’approcha du Bouddha et produisit tout près de lui un bruit terrifiant. On aurait dit que la terre se fracassait, si bien qu’un renonçant dit à un autre :
« Renonçant, renonçant, on dirait que la terre se fracasse ! »
À ces mots, le Bouddha dit à ce renonçant :
« Renonçant, ce n’est pas la terre qui se fracasse.
C’est Māra le Mauvais, venu pour vous duper ! »
Puis le Bouddha, sachant qu’il s’agissait de Māra le Mauvais, lui adressa ces vers :
« Images, sons, saveurs, odeurs,
contacts et idées, tous ensemble,
voilà le terrible appât
dont le monde s’est épris.
Mais un disciple attentif du Bouddha
a transcendé tout cela.
Ayant échappé au domaine de Māra,
il resplendit comme le soleil. »
Alors Māra… disparut sur-le-champ.