Aṇguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
12. Andhakavinda Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The book of the Fives
Chapter XII: Andhakavinda
Sutta 119
Micchā-Vācā Suttaṃ
Speech
Translated by E. M. Hare
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
'Yes, lord,' they replied; and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, pursuing five courses
a nun is surely cast into hell as a reward.
What five?
Without testing or plumbing the matter,[ed1]
she speaks in praise of the unpraiseworthy;
without testing or plumbing the matter,
she speaks in dispraise of the praiseworthy;
she is wrong in speech;
she is wrong in action;
and she rejects the gift of faith.
Monks, pursuing these five courses
a nun is surely cast into hell as a reward.'
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Monks, pursuing five courses
a nun is surely set in heaven as a reward.
What five?
After testing and plumbing the matter,
she speaks in praise of the praiseworthy,
after testing and plumbing the matter,
she speaks in dispraise of the unpraiseworthy;
she has right speech;
she is right in action;
and she accepts the gift of faith.
Monks, pursuing these five courses
a nun is surely set in heaven as a reward.
[ed1] Hare abridges this entire sutta with '...she is wrong in speech, wrong in actions, and rejects the gift of faith.' I have reconstructed the sutta using AN 5.116 and the Pali.
