Aṇguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XXI: Kara-Ja-Kāya-Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
X. The Book of the Tens
XXI: The Body Born of Deeds
Sutta 204
Visārada Suttaṃ
Diffident and Confident
Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.
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Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī.
There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, characterized by ten qualities a woman lay-follower dwells at home with diffidence.[1]
What ten?
Herein a certain one takes life,
takes what is not given,
in sexual desires
she is a wrong-doer,
she is a liar,
she is a slanderer,
she is of harsh speech,
she is given to idle babble,
she is covetous,
she is malevolent of heart,
she has wrong view.
Characterized by these ten qualities
a woman lay-follower dwells at home with diffidence.
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Characterized by ten qualities, monks,
a woman lay-follower dwells at home with confidence.
What ten?
Herein a certain one takes life,
takes what is not given,
in sexual desires
she is a wrong-doer,
she is a liar,
she is a slanderer,
she is of harsh speech,
she is given to idle babble,
she is covetous,
she is malevolent of heart,
she has wrong view.
Characterized by these ten qualities
a woman lay-follower dwells at home with confidence."
[1] Visāradā.
