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The Book of the Fives
The Book of the Fives

117(7)Envious

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

117(7)Envious

"Bhikkhus,possessing five qualities,a bhikkhunī is deposited in hell as if brought there.
What five?
(1)Without investigating and scrutinizing,she speaks praise of one who deserves dispraise.(2)Without investigating and scrutinizing,she speaks dispraise of one who deserves praise.(3)She is envious(4)and miserly.(5)She squanders gifts given out of faith.
Possessing these five qualities,a bhikkhunī is deposited in hell as if brought there.
"Bhikkhus,possessing five [other]qualities,a bhikkhunī is deposited in heaven as if brought there.
What five?
(1)Having investigated and scrutinized,she speaks dispraise of one who deserves dispraise.(2)Having investigated and scrutinized,she speaks praise of one who deserves praise.(3)She is free from envy(4)and from miserliness.(5)She does not squander gifts given out of faith:
Possessing these five qualities,a bhikkhuni is deposited in heaven as if brought there."