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'''Four Maras''' ([[bdud bzhi]]).  
==Short description==
Established in 2004 by a small group of translators working full-time for [[Rigpa Translations]], the Wu Tai Shan Clan is dedicated to publishing translations of unrestricted Dharma materials in European languages for free on the website [http://lotsawahouse.org Lotsawa House] and to promoting the idea that 'Dharma has no copyright'.


Demonic influence that creates obstacles for practice and enlightenment. Generally, there are four maras or obstructions to practice of the Dharma: those of defilements, death, the aggregates, and the godly mara of seduction.
===Main teachers===


"The first of the four demons is the demon of the Lord of Death, which cuts our life short. Second is the demon of the physical aggregates, which prevents the attainment of the rainbow body. Third is the demon of the disturbing emotions, the three poisons which prevent liberation from samsara. Finally there is the demon of the son of the gods, which is distraction in the meditation state and the tendency to postpone practice. Procrastination is the mara of the son of the gods, which creates obstacles for samadhi. The real demon is our conceptual thinking. Falling into conceptualization is the demon. By recognizing our mind essence, all demons are defeated; the four maras are vanquished and all obstacles are done away with. The main point is to train in that." [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]  
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]]
*[[Khenpo Namdrol]]


*[[Lord of Death Mara]], [[Godly Son Mara]], [[Klesha Mara]] and [[Skandha Mara]].
===Members===
*([[phung po'i bdud]]) ([[tshang pa ser po]]), ([[nyon mong pa'i bdud]]) ([[dbang phyug dkar po]]), ([[lha bu'i bdud]]) ([[lha dbang kham ser]]), ([['chi bdag gi bdud]]) ([[khyab 'jug nag po]])
*the [[Four Maras in Chod practice]].


[[dgra bcom pa]] - (arhanta) [[Arhat]] [foe destroyer, enemy slayer, the status of an arhat (one who has slain the foe of conflicting emotion, and overcome the enemy the four maras and reached the highest result of the vehicles of pious attendants [IW]
*[[Adam Pearcey]]
*[[Guillaume Avertin]]
*[[Stefan Eckel]]


[[dgra bcom pa'i 'bras bu]] - the fruition of arhatship [one of the dge sbyong gi 'bras bu bzhi, having abandoned all to be abandoned by meditation in the three realms have conquered the enemy, the four maras] [IW]
===Publications===


[[rgyal ba]] - Jina, 'Conqueror'. Victorious One. Same as [[a buddha]]; one who has conquered over the [[four maras]] [RY]
===Active Projects===


[[rgyal ba]] - victor, victor over the four maras; victorious one; to win/ be victorious; Jina, the Victorious One, (Syn. [[Buddha]]); conqueror; 1) [jina], victorious one, victor, conqueror, all the victorious ones [in general], conqueror. an epithet for the buddhas who are - conquerors of samsara. victor over the four maras. 2) the [[Dalai Lama]] (h). 3) Jaya, [the 28'th year of {[[rab byung]]} Male Wood Horse]. Syn {[[shing pho rta]]} 4) Gyalwa, Jina. {[[rgyal ba]], rgyal ba, rgyal ba} intr. v [RY]
===Unpublished Works (completed)===


[[rgyal dbang pad ma ka ra]] - [[Padmakara]], the king of the victorious ones. He is called the king of victorious ones because he conquered the enemy of the four maras. [[Padmakara]] means [[Lotus Born]] ([[padma 'byung gnas]]) [RY]
===Internal Links===
*[[Lotsawa House]]
*[[Rigpa Translations]]


[[gcod lugs kyi bdud bzhi]] - the [[four maras of chöd]] [IW]
===External Links===


[['chi bdud]] - mrityu/ [[lord of death]] mara [from the formations of life separate from life and joy producing cutting the continuity, 1 of the four maras.] [IW]
* [http://lotsawahouse.org Lotsawa House]
* [http://www.lotsawahouse.org/id97.html Manifesto of Wu Tai Shan Clan]


[[bdud]] - [[Mara]]. Demon or demonic influence that creates obstacles for practice and [[enlightenment]]. Mythologically said be a powerful god who dwells in the highest abode in the [[Realm of Desire]]; the master of illusion who attempted to prevent the [[Buddha]] from attaining [[enlightenment]] at [[Bodhgaya]]. For the [[Dharma]] practitioner, [[Mara]] symbolizes one's own [[ego-clinging]] and preoccupation with the [[eight worldly concerns]]. Generally, there are [[four maras]] or obstructions to practice of the Dharma: those of [[defilements]], [[death]] and the [[aggregates]], and the godly [[mara of seduction]]. Sometimes the [[four maras]] are mentioned by name; [[Lord of Death]], [[Godly Son]], [[Klesha]] and [[Skandha]] [RY]


[[bdud]] - [[Mara]]s [1) being who harms sentient beings and opposes what is virtuous and wholesome [one of six kinds of gods of the [[desire realm]] {[['dod lha rigs drug]]}; 2) evil/ obstruction, demon, evil, fiend, monster, evil people; 3) four [from the four maras] [IW]
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[[Category:Translation Groups]]
[[bdud bzhi]] - [TRS 61-2] acc. to [[gcod]]; expl; [TRS 61-3]; the four maras. 1) {[[phung po bdud]]} demon of the aggregates. the demon of the aggregates, {[[nyon mongs pa'i bdud]]}, the demon of the emotional disturbances, {[['chi bdag gi bdud]]}, the demon of the [[Lord of Death]], {[[lha'i bu'i bdud]]} the demon of the godly son] [RY]
 
[[bdud bzhi]] - the [[four maras]] [IW]
 
[[dpung gnyen]] - a last resort/ friend; final relief, protector, defender, troops [of the four maras], hordes [of maras]. friend and helper; One who lends a hand [RY]
 
[[phung po bdud]] - [skandha mara] Demon of the aggregates, one of the {[[bdud bzhi]]} the four maras [RY]
 
[[lha'i bu'i bdud]] - Demon of the Devaputra, one of the {[[bdud bzhi]]} four maras [RY]
 
 
==Internal links==
*[[Mara]]
 
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Latest revision as of 09:52, 7 November 2006

Short description

Established in 2004 by a small group of translators working full-time for Rigpa Translations, the Wu Tai Shan Clan is dedicated to publishing translations of unrestricted Dharma materials in European languages for free on the website Lotsawa House and to promoting the idea that 'Dharma has no copyright'.

Main teachers

Members

Publications

Active Projects

Unpublished Works (completed)

Internal Links

External Links

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