{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn5.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn5.6","id":"suttacentral_sn5.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn5.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then the nun C\u0101l\u0101 robed up in the morning \u2026 and sat at the root of a tree for the day\u2019s meditation. Then M\u0101ra the Wicked went up to C\u0101l\u0101 and said to her, \u201cNun, what don\u2019t you approve of?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t approve of rebirth, sir.\u201d \u201cWhy don\u2019t you approve of rebirth? When you\u2019re born, you get to enjoy sensual pleasures. Who put this idea in your head: \u2018Nun, don\u2019t approve of rebirth\u2019?\u201d \u201cDeath comes to those who are born, when you\u2019re born you undergo sufferings\u2014 killing, caging, misery\u2014 that\u2019s why you shouldn\u2019t approve of rebirth. The Buddha taught me the Dhamma for transcending rebirth, for giving up all suffering; he settled me in the truth. There are beings in the realm of luminous form, and others stuck in the formless. Not understanding cessation, they return in future lives.\u201d Then M\u0101ra the Wicked, thinking, \u201cThe nun C\u0101l\u0101 knows me!\u201d miserable and sad, vanished right there.","title":"With C\u0101l\u0101","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":157}