- Numbered Discourses 10.214Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.214
- 21. The Body Born of Deeds21. Karajakāyavagga
A LaywomanUpāsikāsutta
“A laywoman with ten qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.“Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye. What ten?Katamehi dasahi? She kills living creatures. …Pāṇātipātinī hoti …pe… She has wrong view. …micchādiṭṭhikā hoti …. A laywoman with these ten qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.
A laywoman with ten qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge. What ten?Katamehi dasahi? She doesn’t kill living creatures. …Pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā hoti …pe… She has right view. …sammādiṭṭhikā hoti …. A laywoman with these ten qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge”.