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an.10.214 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Female Lay Follower

“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.

“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.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh


A Laywoman

“A laywoman with ten qualities is cast down to hell.
What ten?
She kills living creatures. …
She has wrong view. …
A laywoman with these ten qualities is cast down to hell.
A laywoman with ten qualities is raised up to heaven.
What ten?
She doesn’t kill living creatures. …
She has right view. …
A laywoman with these ten qualities is raised up to heaven.”