Māra:
“Of what they say,
‘This is mine’;
and those who say,
‘Mine’:
If your intellect’s here,
contemplative,
you can’t escape
from me.”
The Buddha:
“What they speak of
isn’t mine,
and I’m not one of those
who speak it.
Know this, Evil One:
You won’t even see
my tracks.”
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