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SN 37.15PTS SN 4.2431 min read

Loving

Akkodhanasutta

A woman with five good qualities has a good rebirth.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 37.15Linked Discourses 37.15
  • 0.22. Dutiyapeyyālavagga2. Abbreviated Texts

0.3AkkodhanasuttaLoving

1.1Atha kho āyasmā anuruddho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā anuruddho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then Venerable Anuruddha went up to the Buddha … and asked him,1.2“idhāhaṁ, bhante, mātugāmaṁ passāmi dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjantaṁ.“Sometimes, sir, with my clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, I see that a female—when her body breaks up, after death—is reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.1.3Katīhi nu kho, bhante, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjatī”ti?How many qualities do ladies have so that they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm?”

2.1PTS 4.244“Pañcahi kho, anuruddha, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.“Anuruddha, when ladies have five qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.2.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?2.3Saddho ca hoti, hirimā ca hoti, ottappī ca hoti, akkodhano ca hoti, paññavā ca hoti—They’re faithful, conscientious, prudent, loving, and wise.2.4imehi kho, anuruddha, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjatī”ti.When ladies possess these five qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.”

2.5Paṭhamaṁ.