Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

214. Female Lay Follower

1"Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, a female lay follower is deposited in hell as if brought there. What ten? (1) She destroys life … and (10) holds wrong view. Possessing these ten qualities, a female lay follower is deposited in hell as if brought there.

2"Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, a female lay follower is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What ten? (1) She abstains from the destruction of life … and (10) holds right view. Possessing these ten qualities, a female lay follower is deposited in heaven as if brought there."

1"Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye. Katamehi dasahi? Pāṇātipātinī hoti … pe … micchādiṭṭhikā hoti …. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.

2Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge. Katamehi dasahi? Pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā hoti … pe … sammādiṭṭhikā hoti …. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge".


Catutthaṁ.

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