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The Book of the Fives

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Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

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"Bhikkhus,possessing five qualities,a bhikkhuni 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 holds wrong view (4)and has wrong intentions.(5)She squanders gifts given out of faith.
Possessing these five qualities,a bhikkhunī is deposited in hell as if brought there,[141]
"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 holds right view(4)and has right intentions.(5)She does not squander gifts given out of faith.
Possessing these five qualities,a bhikkhunī is deposited in heaven as if brought there."