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Buddhism, which has been devoted for so long a time to inner spiritual practice, has contributed greatly to the peace of the human mind through many kinds of spiritual practice. Especially Seon today, which has not only deeply influenced the spiritual and physical peace of modern man but is also the best means of Buddhist practice to achieve enlightenment. Seon is the essence of thought and practice. However brilliant concepts and philosophies maybe, it can not be the guideline for practicing in daily life. Philosophies that are not realized in daily practice is just of no value, so it is hard to be passed down. Nowadays as the number of people who practice Seon is growing and the study of Seon is increasing, Seon has a big influence on our lives through practice. We are usually confused when we do not know which states of samādhi we are experiencing. we would fail if we did not meet a right instructor. Thus to know right things about the situation is the best policy. But when doing practice, usually hindrance will occur without fail, thus to know where the hindrance comes from, what it is and how to overcome it is the compulsory thing to practice in the right way. In the Seon practice and in regular life, there occurs hindrance usually so called and expressed as māra. The scope of this study will be confined to the disease of Seon which is māra, and the method of study will mainly be done by comparing documents. Thus generally achieving understanding on the māra, we will come to understand that it is not a real existing devil but only a metaphor to indicate the uneasiness in our mind, namely anxiety and uneasiness. Occasionally the evil is described as an objective substance, but this is just the outcome of the inner aspect being reflected on the outside. It is the condition of mind that appears and disappears just like a phantom.