Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN37: Connected Discourses on Women

SN37:6–13 Malicious, Etc.

"When, Anuruddha, a woman possesses five qualities, with the breakup of the body, after death, she is reborn in a state of misery, in a bad destination, in the nether world, in hell. What five?

"She is without faith, shameless, unafraid of wrongdoing, malicious, envious … stingy … of loose conduct … immoral … unlearned … lazy … muddle-minded, [n.264] In 37:7–13, the terms in square brackets successively replace "malicious" as the fourth item in the list. unwise. When a woman possesses these five qualities she is reborn in a state of misery … in hell." [242–43]

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