摩登伽女，出身印度首陀羅族。年輕貌美，洋溢少女熱情。因思念佛陀侍者阿難陀，一日強行誘惑他到家中，甜言蜜語，百般獻媚。少年阿難陀，正不知如何是好，忽然文殊菩薩到來，帶他回歸僧團。摩登伽女追到僧團，要佛陀將阿難陀還給她。佛陀告訴她，阿難陀是證果之人，要嫁給他，要先到僧團生活，等到道行相等，才能匹配。摩登伽女在僧團修行一段時日後忽然有悟，明白愛欲煩惱是眾苦之源，唯有法喜才是內心究竟的安樂。

Matanga was a beautiful and passionate young lady born into the sudra caste of India. One day, due to her feelings for Ananda, the Buddha's attendant, she lured him into her home and tried to seduce him with sweet words and flattery. When the young Ananda was helpless against her advances, Manjusri Bodhisattva suddenly appeared and brought him back to the Sangha. Matanga chased after them and demanded that the Buddha return Ananda to her. The Buddha told her, Ananda is a person who has achieved attainments. If you want to marry him, you must first live within the Sangha until your level of cultivation equals to that of Ananda. Only then, will you be a fit match." After a period of cultivation in the Sangha, Matanga became enlightened. She realized that lust was the source of suffering, while only Dharma joy could bring ultimate peace and happiness.

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