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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

5: The Book of the Fives

287–290. A Bhikkhunī, Etc.

"Bhikkhus, possessing five qualities, a bhikkhunī … a female probationer … a male novice … a female novice is deposited in hell as if brought there. What five? She destroys life … and indulges in liquor, wine, and intoxicants …. Possessing these five qualities, a bhikkhunī … a female probationer … a male novice … a female novice is deposited in hell as if brought there.

"Bhikkhus, possessing five qualities, a bhikkhunī … a female probationer … a male novice … a female novice is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What five? She abstains from the destruction of life … from liquor, wine, and intoxicants …. Possessing these five qualities, a bhikkhunī … a female probationer … a male novice … a female novice is deposited in heaven as if brought there."