10: The Book of the Tens
214. Female Lay Follower
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
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.
