Hearing that Ananda would like to have some water to drink, the lady who was called Matangi’s daughter did not dare to present him the water but merely said, “Venerable, I’m afraid my social status isn’t worthy enough to add clean water for a Buddhist monk from the royal lineage like you. Your social status will be lowered (if I do so).” Ananda had never looked down on her and he said sincerely, “Please don’t view me in that way. Having left home and become a monk, everyone is equal in my eyes and there’s neither humble nor noble (no social status) in my mind either. I’m indeed thirsty; would you give me some water?”  

Feeling extremely delighted after hearing Ananda’s words, Matangi’s daughter held some water in both hands and gave it respectfully to Ananda. Ananda expressed his appreciation by nodding politely in return and Matangi’s daughter was exceedingly moved. Looking again at Ananda, who was charismatic, Matangi’s daughter could not help producing admiration towards him from her innermost being and gradually, she was sunk into the unrequited love of Ananda deeply.

Being obsessed with her dearly love for her daughter, her mother decided to help her achieve her wish: she intended to confuse Ananda by hoodwinking his wisdom so that when he was unconscious, her daughter might probably have a chance to get him. Subsequently, as Ananda passed by the doorway of Matangi’s daughter’s home when he went begging for food again with his alms bowl, her mother confused Ananda with sorcery (the Kapila mantra which was originated from the Brahma heaven). This made Ananda went into their home involuntarily. At the very moment just before Matangi’s daughter and Ananda started to indulge in pleasures, it was fortunate that The World Honoured One had asked Manjushri Bodhisattva to chant the Shurangama Mantra shielding Ananda as well as removing the evil mantra. This enabled Ananda to be released from the sorcery and returned to the Buddha’s residence.

Later, Ananda brought Matangi’s daughter to see the Buddha. She listened to the Buddha’s discourse enthusiastically and obeyed the Buddha’s instruction to live with other senior and junior sister apprentices in a bhiksuni group to practise Buddhism together. She awakened what the Buddha said about the impurity of the five desires, which was the source of all the miseries of existence. Matangi’s daughter eventually thought out the sense of the Four Noble Truths in the Buddha’s discourse. She deeply realized the smelly, dirty and impure nature of human bodies. Furthermore, (she also understood that) the lust she used to cling to as real was the root cause of the endless life and death. Because of the good roots she had in her former existence as well as the maturity of her root of wisdom that she suddenly achieved a thorough understanding. She soon attained Arhatship.