6.
The Discourse on Cālā
167.
At Sāvatthī.
Then the nun Cālā, having dressed in the earlier period of the day, etc.
sat down for the day residence at the foot of a certain tree.
Then Māra the Evil One approached the nun Cālā;
having approached, he said this to the nun Cālā -
"What is it that you, nun, do not approve of?"
"Birth indeed, friend, I do not approve of."
"Why do you not approve of birth? One who is born enjoys sensual pleasures;
Who indeed made you accept this: 'Do not approve of birth, nun'?"
"For one who is born there is death, one who is born experiences sufferings;
Imprisonment, murder, hardship - therefore one should not approve of birth.
"The Buddha expounded the Teaching, the transcendence of birth;
For the abandoning of all suffering, he established me in the truth.
"Those beings who have gone to form, and those who abide in the formless;
Not knowing cessation, they are ones who come to rebirth."
Then Māra the Evil One, thinking "the nun Cālā knows me", afflicted and unhappy, disappeared right there.