Tikanipāta 129

Numbered Discourses 3.129

13. Kusinārā

With Anuruddha (1st)

1 Then Venerable Anuruddha went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

“Sometimes, sir, with my clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, I see that females—when their body breaks up, after death—are mostly reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. How many qualities do ladies have so that they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell?”

2 “When ladies have three qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. What three? A lady lives at home with a heart full of the stain of stinginess in the morning, jealousy at midday, and sexual desire in the evening. When ladies possess these three qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.”