Five Qualities
That Make a Woman Agreeable or Disagreeable to Men
Mātugāma Sutta
Saɱyutta Nikāya – Saḷāyatana Vagga – Mātugāma Saɱyutta
“Bhikkhus, when a woman possesses five factors she is extremely disagreeable to a man. What five?
1. She is not beautiful,
2. not wealthy,
3. not virtuous;
4. she is lethargic; and
5. she does not beget children.
When a woman possesses these five factors she is extremely disagreeable to a man. “
“Bhikkhus, when a woman possesses five factors she is extremely agreeable to a man. What five?
1. She is beautiful,
2. wealthy,
3. virtuous;
4. she is clever and industrious; and
5. she begets children.
When a woman possesses these five factors she is extremely agreeable to a man.”
From the book : ‘The connected discourses of the Buddha’ (Bhikkhu Bodhi)