11.
The Discourse on the Evil Novice Nun
222.
"Here I, friend, descending from the Vulture's Peak mountain, saw a female novice going through the sky.
Her double robe was blazing, in flames, aglow; her bowl was blazing, in flames, aglow; her waistband was blazing, in flames, aglow; her body was blazing, in flames, aglow.
It was making a cry of distress.
This occurred to me, friend -
'Wonderful indeed, friend, marvellous indeed, friend!
There will be such a being!
There will be such a demon!
There will be such an acquisition of individual existence!'"
Then the Blessed One addressed the monks: "Disciples indeed dwell possessing vision, monks; disciples indeed dwell possessing knowledge, monks, since a disciple will know or see or bear witness to such a thing. That female novice was seen by me before, monks. But I did not explain. If I had explained this, others would not have believed me. Those who would not believe me, that would be for their harm and suffering for a long time. This female novice, monks, was an evil female novice during the teaching of Kassapa, the Perfectly Enlightened One. By the result of that action, having been tormented in hell for many years, for many hundreds of years, for many thousands of years, for many hundreds of thousands of years, by the remainder of the result of that very action, she experiences such an acquisition of individual existence." The eleventh.