Mahapadanasutta 1.18
Mahapadana Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) 1.18
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1.18
'It is the rule, brethren, that, when the Bodhisat is descending into a mother's womb, the mother of the Bodhisat is a woman virtuous through her own nature: — averse from taking life, averse from taking what is not given, averse from unchastity, averse from lying speech, averse from indulgence in strong drinks.
That, in such a case, is the rule.
1 Asarhvuta. Cy. — not supported from beneath.
2 In the Great Inter-world Hell. They would be undergoing purgatory for karma of grievous offences against parents and the religious world, and of cruelty to animals. Very long in body and with bats' nails, they were condemned to crawl up the Cakkava/a rock,
till finding no food, they turned back and fell into the river of brine flowing round the world. Cy.