Buddha & Mara

We are both Buddha and Mara: clarity and confusion.
Some more, some less.

We dwell in a form and mind in keeping with our levels of realisation and delusion.
Our Mara side thinks it’s here to entertain itself – even the Dharma can be an entertainment. 
Our enlightened side knows it’s here to stabilise realisation – knowing that the Dharma can be an entertainment.

Mara occupies the mind.
The final stage of Mara is endarkenment: an enlightened ego.

Buddha nature is free of mind.
The final stage of realisation is enlightenment: absence of ego.