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Linked Discourses · SN 37.5

  • Linked Discourses 37.5Saṁyutta Nikāya 37.5
  • 1. Abbreviated Texts1. Paṭhamapeyyālavagga

IrritableKodhanasutta

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

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

“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.“Pañcahi kho, anuruddha, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati. What five?Katamehi pañcahi?

They’re faithless, shameless, imprudent, irritable, and witless.Assaddho ca hoti, ahiriko ca hoti, anottappī ca hoti, kodhano ca hoti, duppañño ca hoti—

When ladies possess these five 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, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjatī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. AN 3.129 With Anuruddha (1st) 0.85near 0.1Numbered Discourses 3.129 13. Kusinārā With Anuruddha (1st) Then Venerable Anuruddha went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sometimes, sir, with my clairvoyance that is purified and superhu…
  2. SN 37.14 Five Threats 0.70near 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…
  3. SN 37.15 Loving 0.69near 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…
  4. SN 37.24 Five Precepts 0.63near 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…