On the Pleasant Side

1. “Then venerable Anuruddha approached the Blessed One, worshipped and sat on a side. Sitting on a side venerable Anuruddha said to the Blessed One:

2. “Venerable sir, with my heavenly eye purified beyond human, I see women after death go to a good state, reborn in heaven. Venerable sir, endowed with what factors do women go to a good state, are reborn in heaven?”

3. “Anuruddha, women endowed with five factors go to a good state, are reborn in heaven. What five?

4. “They have faith, shame, no regrets, are not hateful, and are wise.

5. “Anuruddha, women endowed with these five factors, after death, at the breakup of the body, go to a good state, are reborn in heaven.”