an.10.215 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Self-Confidence

“Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, a female lay follower dwells without self-confidence at home. What ten? (1) She destroys life … and (10) holds wrong view. Possessing these ten qualities, a female lay follower dwells without self-confidence at home.

“Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, a female lay follower dwells self-confident at home. What ten? (1) She abstains from the destruction of life … and (10) holds right view. Possessing these ten qualities, a female lay follower dwells self-confident at home.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Assured

“A laywoman living at home with these ten qualities is not self-assured.
What ten?
She kills living creatures. …








She has wrong view. …
A laywoman living at home with these ten qualities is not self-assured.
A laywoman living at home with these ten qualities is self-assured.
What ten?
She doesn’t kill living creatures. …








She has right view. …
A laywoman living at home with these ten qualities is self-assured.”