Saṁyutta Nikāya:
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
37: Mātugāma Saṁyutta

37: Kindred Sayings about Womankind

Sutta 31

Hetu Suttaṁ

Because of¹

 

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[1]Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One once addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren."

"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One thus spoke:

"There are these five powers in a woman, brethren.

What five?

The power of beauty,
the power of wealth,
the power of kin,
the power of sons,
the power of virtue.

 

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But it is not because of the power of beauty,
wealth,
kin,
or sons
that a woman is reborn after death
in the Happy Lot,
in the Heaven World,
when body breaks up.

It is because of virtue, Brethren,
that a woman is reborn after death
in the Happy Lot,
in the Heaven World,
when body breaks up.

Such, Brethren, are the five powers of women-folk.

 

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¹ Hetu