Understanding the Five Types of Mara
… called Kanta Mara. If we feel pain, that is Mara, because pain obstructs our goodness. We start to focus on our pain and then start to feel sorry for ourselves. The 'Why does this have to happen to me?' '…
In this excerpt, Suzanne Jeffrey elaborates on the concept of Mara, describing five distinct types: Kanta Mara (the body and mind functions), Gamma (action from karma), Deity (false gods), Matuman (fe