• Numbered Discourses 10.214 Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.214
  • 21. The Body Born of Deeds 21. Karajakāyavagga

A Laywoman Upāsikāsutta

“A laywoman with ten qualities is cast down to hell. “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 cast down to hell. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.

A laywoman with ten qualities is raised up to heaven. 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 raised up to heaven.” Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge”.

Catutthaṁ.