A Woman with Five Bad Qualities

Faces a Bad Rebirth

Pañcavera Sutta

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Saɱyutta Nikāya – Saḷāyatana Vagga – Mātugāma Saɱyutta

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“When, monks, a woman possesses five qualities, with the breakup up of the body, after death, she is reborn in a state of misery, in a bad destination, in the nether world, in hell. What are the five? “

“She,

1) destroys life,
2) takes what is not given,
3) engages in sexual misconduct,
4) speaks falsehood, and
5) indulges in wine, liquor, and intoxicants that cause negligence.

When a woman possesses these five qualities she is reborn in a state of misery, in a bad destination, in the nether world, in hell.”

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From the book : ‘The connected discourses of the Buddha’ (Bhikkhu Bodhi)

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