Mātugāmasutta — Reader

A Lady

Mātugāmasutta

“A lady with ten qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What ten? She kills living creatures. … She steals. …

“Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi dasahi? Pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… adinnādāyī hoti …

She commits sexual misconduct. … She lies. … She backbites. … She speaks harshly. …

kāmesumicchācārī hoti … musāvādī hoti … pisuṇavāco hoti … pharusavāco hoti …

She indulges in talking nonsense. … She’s covetous. … She has cruel intentions. … She has wrong view. …

samphappalāpī hoti … abhijjhālu hoti … byāpannacitto hoti … micchādiṭṭhiko hoti ….

A lady with these ten qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. A lady with ten qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there. What ten? She doesn’t kill living creatures. …

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi dasahi? Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe…

She doesn’t steal. … She doesn’t commit sexual misconduct. … She doesn’t lie. … She doesn’t backbite. …

adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti … kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti … musāvādā paṭivirato hoti … pisuṇāya vācāya paṭivirato hoti …

She doesn’t speak harshly. … She doesn’t indulge in talking nonsense. … She’s content. … She’s kind hearted. …

pharusāya vācāya paṭivirato hoti … samphappalāpā paṭivirato hoti … anabhijjhālu hoti … abyāpannacitto hoti …

She has right view. … A lady with these ten qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”

sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge”ti. Tatiyaṁ.