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having gone to a suitable family, without rivals... ...she should dwell in a home – This, O bhikkhus, is the third position difficult to obtain for an unmeritorious woman. Having been born in a suitable family, having gone to a suitable family, dwelling in a home without a co-wife, she should have children – This, O bhikkhus, is the fourth position difficult to obtain for an unmeritorious woman. Having been born in a suitable family, having gone to a suitable family, dwelling in a home without a co-wife, being one who has children, she should live dominating her husband – This, O bhikkhus, is the fifth position difficult to obtain for an unmeritorious woman. These, O bhikkhus, are indeed the five positions difficult to obtain for an unmeritorious woman. “These five positions, O bhikkhus, are easy to obtain for a meritorious woman. Which five? She should be born in a suitable family – This, O bhikkhus, is the first position easy to obtain for a meritorious woman. Having been born in a suitable family, she should go to a suitable family – This, O bhikkhus, is the second position easy to obtain for a meritorious woman. Having been born in a suitable family, having gone to a suitable family, she should dwell in a home without a co-wife – This, O bhikkhus, is the third position easy to obtain for a meritorious woman. Having been born in a suitable family, having gone to a suitable family, dwelling in a home without a co-wife, she should have children – This, O bhikkhus, is the fourth position easy to obtain for a meritorious woman. Having been born in a suitable family, having gone to a suitable family, dwelling in a home without a co-wife, being one who has children, she should live dominating her husband – This, O bhikkhus, is the fifth position easy to obtain for a meritorious woman. These, O bhikkhus, are indeed the five positions easy to obtain for a meritorious woman.” The Eighth. 9. The Discourse on a Woman Confident in the Five Precepts 312. “O bhikkhus, a woman endowed with five qualities dwells in a home confidently. With which five? She abstains from the destruction of life, she abstains from taking what is not given, from sexual... and abstains from sexual misconduct, and abstains from false speech, and abstains from fermented and distilled intoxicants, which are a basis for heedlessness – with these five qualities, bhikkhus, a woman lives confidently in a home. The Ninth. 10. The Discourse on Growth 313. Bhikkhus, an noble female disciple, growing with five growths, grows with the noble growth, and is a giver of essence and a giver of the best to her body. With which five? She grows in faith, she grows in virtue, she grows in learning, she grows in generosity, she grows in wisdom. Bhikkhus, an noble female disciple, growing with these five growths, grows with the noble growth, and is a giver of essence and a giver of the best to her body. She who here grows in faith and virtue, In wisdom, generosity, and learning both; Such a virtuous female lay follower, Receives the essence for herself. The Tenth. The Third Chapter on Strength. Its summary: Confident, by force, by overcoming, One, with a factor, the fifth; They destroy, cause, and position, Confident, with growth, the tenth. The Connected Discourses on Women is finished.