The Power of Mara in Buddhist Mythology

Mara in Indian mythology is the name of a God or a being who represents all the causes of suffering. Mara reappears regularly for the Buddha, he doesn't just go away which is a very interesting thing isn't it? You know and not only that Mara gets to spirit rock regularly and even to your own community. And so Mara appears not because Mara shouldn't be there but actually Mara is part of the dance of awakening itself. So you start to have a different relationship with the difficulties. Instead of seeing them as something that you have to get rid of you start to see them as part of life.