Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

215. Self-Confidence

1"Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, a female lay follower dwells without self-confidence at home. What ten? (1) She destroys life … and (10) holds wrong view. Possessing these ten qualities, a female lay follower dwells without self-confidence at home.

2"Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, a female lay follower dwells self-confident at home. What ten? (1) She abstains from the destruction of life … and (10) holds right view. Possessing these ten qualities, a female lay follower dwells self-confident at home."

1"Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā avisāradā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati. Katamehi dasahi? Pāṇātipātinī hoti … adinnādāyinī hoti … kāmesumicchācārinī hoti … musāvādinī hoti … pisuṇavācā hoti … pharusavācā hoti … samphappalāpinī hoti … abhijjhālunī hoti … byāpannacittā hoti … micchādiṭṭhikā hoti …. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā avisāradā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati.

2Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā visāradā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati. Katamehi dasahi? Pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā hoti … adinnādānā paṭiviratā hoti … kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā hoti … musāvādā paṭiviratā hoti … pisuṇāya vācāya paṭiviratā hoti … pharusāya vācāya paṭiviratā hoti … samphappalāpā paṭiviratā hoti … anabhijjhālunī hoti … abyāpannacittā hoti … sammādiṭṭhikā hoti …. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā visāradā agāraṁ ajjhāvasatī"ti.


Pañcamaṁ.

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