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Numbered Discourses 10.214

21. Karajakāyavagga
21. The Body Born of Deeds

Upāsikāsutta

A Laywoman

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

Katamehi dasahi?
What ten?

Pāṇātipātinī hoti …pe…
She kills living creatures. …

micchādiṭṭhikā hoti ….
She has wrong view. …

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

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

Katamehi dasahi?
What ten?

Pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā hoti …pe…
She doesn’t kill living creatures. …

sammādiṭṭhikā hoti ….
She has right view. …

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

Catutthaṁ.