[Pedsshuth]

the buddha, according to dhamma, according to emptiness, is not a "person" or a "human being".

then the bhikkhuni vajira, having understood, "this is mara the evil one," replied to him in verses:

Why now do you assume 'a being'?
Mara, have you grasped a view?
This is a heap of sheer constructions:
Here no being is found.

Just as, with an assemblage of parts,
the word 'chariot' is used,
so, when the aggregates are present,
there's the convention 'a being.'

it's only suffering that comes to be,
suffering that stands and falls away.
Nothing but suffering comes to be,
nothing but suffering ceases.

Then mara the evil one, realizing, "the bhikkhuni vajira knows me," sad and disappointed, disappeared right there.

vajira sutta 'A being,' lord. 'A being,' it's said. To what extent is one said to be 'a being'?"

Any desire, passion, delight or craving for form, when one is caught up there, tied up there, one is said to be 'a being.'

Any desire, passion, delight or craving for feeling... perception... fabrications...

Any desire, passion, delight or craving for consciousness: when one is caught up there, tied up there, one is said to be 'a being.'

Just as when boys or girls are playing with little sand castles: as long as they are not free from passion, desire, love, thirst, fever & craving for those little sand castles, that's how long they have fun with those sand castles, enjoy them, treasure them, feel possessive of them.

But when they become free from passion, desire, love, thirst, fever & craving for those little sand castles, then they smash them, scatter them, demolish them with their hands or feet and make them unfit for play.

In the same way, you too should smash, scatter & demolish form, and make it unfit for play. Practice for the ending of craving for form.

You should smash, scatter & demolish feeling, and make it unfit for play. Practice for the ending of craving for feeling.

You should smash, scatter & demolish perception, and make it unfit for play. Practice for the ending of craving for perception.

You should smash, scatter & demolish fabrications, and make them unfit for play. Practice for the ending of craving for fabrications.

You should smash, scatter & demolish consciousness and make it unfit for play. Practice for the ending of craving for consciousness — for the ending of craving, is Nibbana.

Satta Sutta