[213] At that time the Buddha, the Blessed One, was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park. Now at that time bhikkhunīs, not finding their own belongings, said this to the bhikkhunī Caṇḍakāḷī: "Noble lady, might you have seen our belongings?"
The bhikkhunī Caṇḍakāḷī complained, criticized, and spread it about: "Surely it is I alone who am the thief; surely it is I alone who am shameless — since the noble ladies, not finding their own belongings, say this to me: 'Noble lady, might you have seen our belongings?' If, noble ladies, I have taken your belongings, then may I be no ascetic, may I fall away from the holy life, may I be reborn in hell. But whoever speaks thus of me falsely — may she too be no ascetic, may she fall away from the holy life, may she be reborn in hell."
Those bhikkhunīs who were of few wishes … complained, criticized, and spread it about: "How indeed can the noble lady Caṇḍakāḷī curse both herself and another with hell and with the holy life?" …
"Is it true, as they say, bhikkhus, that the bhikkhunī Caṇḍakāḷī curses both herself and another with hell and with the holy life?"
"It is true, Blessed One."
The Buddha, the Blessed One, rebuked them: "How indeed, bhikkhus, can the bhikkhunī Caṇḍakāḷī curse both herself and another with hell and with the holy life? This, bhikkhus, is not for the arousing of confidence in those without confidence …
"And thus, bhikkhus, let the bhikkhunīs recite this training rule:
"Should any bhikkhunī curse either herself or another with hell or with the holy life, it entails a Pācittiya."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.