🔗📝MN 49 collection of notes

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  MN 49¹ – (Brahma has wrong view that his world is permanent)
  MN 49² – (Buddha uses psychic power to read Brahma’s mind, then visit Brahma realm)
  MN 49³ – (Buddha tells Brahma he’s ignorant)
  MN 49⁴ - (Māra possesses one of Brahma’s retinue to criticize Buddha)
  MN 49⁵ - (Buddha recognizes and calls out Māra)
  MN 49⁶ - (Brahma says to Buddha: other monks also thought they were beyond my power but were not)
  MN 49⁷ – (Buddha says to Brahma: Yes, I will be in your power if I attach to those things)
  MN 49⁸ - (Buddha’s verse describing Brahma’s power)
  MN 49⁹ - (Buddha tells Brahma he sees higher realms that Brahma can’t see)
  MN 49^9.5 – (Buddha knows everything as it actually is, as in MN 1)
  MN 49^9.7 – (Viññāṇaṃ anidassanaṃ anantaṃ: consciousness that is infinite and radiant)
  MN 49¹⁰ – (Brahma tries to vanish from view of Buddha and fails)
  MN 49¹¹ – (Buddha vanishes from Brahma’s view successfully)
  MN 49^11.1 – (Buddha uses psychic power to speak while invisible to Brahma and his assembly)
  MN 49¹² – (Māra possesses someone again to persuade Buddha to stay silent and not teach Dhamma)
  MN 49¹³ - (Buddha sees through Māra’s agenda and fear of losing potential victims to nirvana)

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MN 49 Buddha in imperturbable 4th jhāna visiting Brahma in his native habitat, see rūpa form of Brahm and talks to him

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