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Numbered Discourses · AN 3.129

  • Numbered Discourses 3.129Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.129
  • 13. Kusinārā13. Kusināravagga

With Anuruddha (1st)Paṭhamaanuruddhasutta

Then Venerable Anuruddha went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:Atha kho āyasmā anuruddho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā anuruddho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sometimes, sir, with my clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, I see that females—when their body breaks up, after death—are mostly reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.“idhāhaṁ, bhante, dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena yebhuyyena passāmi mātugāmaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjamānaṁ. How many qualities do ladies have so that they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell?”Katihi nu kho, bhante, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjatī”ti?

“When ladies have three qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.“Tīhi kho, anuruddha, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati. What three?Katamehi tīhi? A lady lives at home with a heart full of the stain of stinginess in the morning, jealousy at midday, and sexual desire in the evening.Idha, anuruddha, mātugāmo pubbaṇhasamayaṁ maccheramalapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, majjhanhikasamayaṁ issāpariyuṭṭhitena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, sāyanhasamayaṁ kāmarāgapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati. When ladies possess these three qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.”Imehi kho, anuruddha, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjatī”ti.

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  1. SN 37.5 Irritable 0.85near 0.1Linked Discourses 37.5 1. Abbreviated Texts Irritable Then Venerable Anuruddha went up to the Buddha, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sometimes, sir, with my clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, I see th…
  2. SN 37.15 Loving 0.73near 0.1Linked Discourses 37.15 2. Abbreviated Texts Loving Then Venerable Anuruddha went up to the Buddha … and asked him, “Sometimes, sir, with my clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, I see that a female—when her body…
  3. SN 37.14 Five Threats 0.72near 0.1Linked Discourses 37.14 1. Abbreviated Texts Five Threats “Anuruddha, when ladies have five qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. What f…
  4. SN 37.24 Five Precepts 0.65near 0.1Linked Discourses 37.24 2. Abbreviated Texts Five Precepts “Anuruddha, when ladies have five qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. What five? They don’t kil…
  5. SN 37.4 Three Qualities 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 37.4 1. Abbreviated Texts Three Qualities “Mendicants, when ladies have three qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are mostly reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, h…