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Upacala Sutta: Upacala

Upacala Sutta

Summary:

SN 5.7 PTS: S i 133 CDB i 227

Upacala Sutta: Upacala

translated from the Pali by

Bhikkhu Bodhi

Alternate translation: Thanissaro

Setting at Savatthi. Then, in the morning, the bhikkhuni Upacala dressed… she sat down at the foot of a tree for the day's abiding.

Then Mara the Evil One approached the bhikkhuni Upacala and said to her: “Where do you wish to be reborn, bhikkhuni?”

“I do not wish to be reborn anywhere, friend.”

[Mara:]

There are Tavatimsa and Yama devas, And devatas of the Tusita realm, Devas who take delight in creating, And devas who exercise control. Direct your mind there And you'll experience delight.

[Upacala:]

There are Tavatimsa and Yama devas, And devatas of the Tusita realm, Devas who take delight in creating, And devas who exercise control. They are still bound by sensual bondage, They come again under Mara's control.

All the world is on fire, All the world is burning, All the world is ablaze, All the world is quaking.

That which does not quake or blaze, That to which worldlings do not resort, Where there is no place for Mara: That is where my mind delights.

Then Mara the Evil One, realizing, “The bhikkhuni Upacala knows me,” sad and disappointed, disappeared right there.


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