8.
The Discourse on Sīsupacālā
169.
At Sāvatthī.
Then the nun Sīsupacālā, 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 Sīsupacālā;
having approached, he said this to the nun Sīsupacālā -
"Whose heresy do you, nun, approve of?"
"I, friend, do not approve of anyone's heresy."
Yet you do not approve of any heresy, why do you wander about like one in sheer delusion?"
I do not approve of their teaching, they are unskilled in the Teaching.
The all-conquering one, the dispeller of Māra, undefeated in every respect.
Having attained the elimination of all action, liberated in the extinction of clinging;
He is my Teacher, the Blessed One, I approve of his teaching."
Then Māra the Evil One, thinking "the nun Sīsupacālā knows me", afflicted and unhappy, disappeared right there.