Itivuttaka 59

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59. Maradheyyasuttam ( How to win Mara the Deathlord,Devil)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Endowed with three qualities, monks, a monk has passed beyond Mara's(devil's) domain(material world & rebirth) and shines like the sun. Which three? There is the case where a monk is endowed with the aggregate of virtue(morals, sheel) of one beyond training [i.e., an Arahant], the aggregate of samadhi(trance) of one beyond training, the aggregate of direct understanding(panna) of one beyond training. Endowed with these three qualities a monk has passed beyond Mara’s domain and shines like the sun.”

Sheel(Virtue), Samadhi(Trance), Panna(divine insight): one in whom these are well-developed, passing beyond Mara’s domain, (devil's domain - material world, desires,suffering,death,rebirth) shines like the sun.