Aṅguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XXI. Karajakāya Vagga

The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha
X. The Book of the Tens
XXI. The Deed-Born Body

Sutta 202 (WP: #213)

Mātugāma Suttaɱ

Women

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[286] [1532]

[1][pts] "Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, women are deposited in hell as if brought there.

What ten?

[287] (1) They destroy life ... [as above] ... and (10) hold wrong view.

Possessing these ten qualities, women are deposited in hell as if brought there.

"Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, women are deposited in heaven as if brought there.

What ten?

(1) They abstain from the destruction of life... [as above] ... and (10) hold right view. Possessing these ten qualities, women are deposited in heaven as if brought there."