Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
12. Andhakavinda Vagga

The book of the Fives

Chapter XII: Andhakavinda

Sutta 117

Issuki Suttaṃ

Jealousy

[108]

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 jealous;
she is mean;
and she rejects the gift of faith.

Monks, pursuing these five courses
a nun is surely cast into hell as a reward.'

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 is not jealous;
she is not mean;
and she accepts the gift of faith.

Monks, pursuing these five courses
a nun is surely set in heaven as a reward.