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A Nun

Bhikkhunīsuttādi

Why a nun, etc. is cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.287–292Numbered Discourses 5.287–292
  • 0.228. Sikkhāpadapeyyāla28. Abbreviated Texts on Training Rules

0.3BhikkhunīsuttādiA Nun

1.1“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā bhikkhunī …pe… sikkhamānā … sāmaṇero … sāmaṇerī … upāsako … upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.“A nun … trainee nun … novice monk … novice nun … layman … laywoman … with five qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Pāṇātipātinī hoti, adinnādāyinī hoti, kāmesumicchācārinī hoti, musāvādinī hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyinī hoti.They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.1.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ niraye.With these five qualities they’re placed in hell as if delivered there.

2.1Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge.A nun … trainee nun … novice monk … novice nun … layman … laywoman … with five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.2.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?2.3Pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā hoti, adinnādānā paṭiviratā hoti, kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā hoti, musāvādā paṭiviratā hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭiviratā hoti.They don’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.2.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatā upāsikā yathābhataṁ nikkhittā evaṁ sagge”ti.With these five qualities they’re placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

2.5Sattamaṁ.