Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
37. Mātugāma Saɱyutta
2. Dutiya Peyyāla Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Saḷāyatana-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
37. Kindred Sayings about Womankind
2. Second Repetition
Suttas 15-24
Anuruddho II: Sukka-Pakkho
Anuruddha 2. The Bright Fortnight
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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Thus have I heard:
Then the venerable Anuruddha came to visit the Exalted One
on coming to him greeted him courteously,
and after the exchange of greetings and compliments
sat down at one side.
Seated at one side he said to the Exalted One: -
"Herein, lord, with clairvoyant eye,
purified and superhuman,
I behold womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
being reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
Of what qualities possessed, lord,
is womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World?"
Sutta 15
Akodhano Suttaɱ
Not Wrathful
[15.1] "Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
What five?
She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is not wrathful,
and she is rich in wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World."
Sutta 16
Anupanāhī Suttaɱ
Not Grudging
[16.1] "Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
What five?
She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is not grudging,
and she is rich in wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World."
Sutta 17
Anissukī Suttaɱ
Not Envious
[17.1] "Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
What five?
She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is not envious,
and she is rich in wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World."
Sutta 18
Amacchāri Suttaɱ
Not Stingy
[18.1] "Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
What five?
She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is not stingy,
and she is rich in wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World."
Sutta 19
Anaticārī Suttaɱ
No Adulteress
[19.1] "Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
What five?
She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is no adulteress,
and she is rich in wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World."
Sutta 20
Sīlavā Suttaɱ
Moral
[20.1] "Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
What five?
She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is moral,
and she is rich in wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World."
Sutta 21
Bahussuto Suttaɱ
Of Wide Knowledge
[21.1] "Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
What five?
She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is of wide knowledge,
and she is rich in wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World."
Sutta 22
Viriya Suttaɱ
Energetic
[22.1] "Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
What five?
She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is energetic,
and she is rich in wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World."
Sutta 23
Sati Suttaɱ
Has Her Wits About Her
[23.1] "Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
What five?
She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she has her wits about her,
and she is rich in wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World."
Sutta 24
Pañcasīla Suttaɱ
Observes the Fivefold Charges
[24.1] "Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.
What five?
She abstains from taking life,
and she abstains from taking what is not given,
and she abstains from acting wrongly in sense-desixes,
and she abstains from telling lies,
and she abstains from indulgence in fermented and distilled liquor,
intoxicants causing sloth.
These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World."
