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AN 5.120PTS AN 3.1411 min read

Wrong Effort

Micchāvāyāmasutta

Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.120Numbered Discourses 5.120
  • 0.212. Andhakavindavagga12. At Andhakavinda

0.3MicchāvāyāmasuttaWrong Effort

1.1PTS 3.142“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.“Mendicants, a nun with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Ananuvicca apariyogāhetvā avaṇṇārahassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati,Without examining or scrutinizing, she praises those deserving of criticism,1.4ananuvicca apariyogāhetvā vaṇṇārahassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati,and criticizes those deserving of praise.1.5micchāvāyāmā ca hoti,She has wrong effort and1.6micchāsatinī ca,wrong mindfulness,1.7saddhādeyyaṁ vinipāteti.and wastes gifts given in faith.1.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.A nun with these five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

2.1Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge.A nun with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.2.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?2.3Anuvicca pariyogāhetvā avaṇṇārahassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati,After examining and scrutinizing, she criticizes those deserving of criticism,2.4anuvicca pariyogāhetvā vaṇṇārahassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati,and praises those deserving of praise.2.5sammāvāyāmā ca hoti,She has right effort and2.6sammāsatinī ca,right mindfulness,2.7saddhādeyyaṁ na vinipāteti.and doesn’t waste gifts given in faith.2.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge”ti.A nun with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

2.9Dasamaṁ.

2.10Andhakavindavaggo dutiyo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Kulūpako pacchāsamaṇo,3.2samādhiandhakavindaṁ;3.3Maccharī vaṇṇanā issā,3.4diṭṭhivācāya vāyamāti.