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#### Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
12. Andhakavinda Vagga

#### The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The book of the Fives
Chapter XII: Andhakavinda

#### Sutta 118

#### Micchā-Diṭṭhika Suttaṁ

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Translated by E. M. Hare

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[108]

[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 views;
she is wrong in purpose;
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 views;
she is right in purpose;
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 views, wrong in purpose, and rejects the gift of faith.' I have reconstructed the sutta using the AN 5.116 and the Pali.

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