AN 8.41 - 8.50 The Sabbath (excludes 8.43,8.45)

AN 8.41 When the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. Such a sabbath is glorious.AN 8.42 When the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. The benefits are explained at length.AN 8.44 The Buddha teaches the layman Vāseṭṭha that when the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. Vāseṭṭha exclaims that such a practice would be widely beneficial.AN 8.46 Some “Agreeable” gods put on a display of music and dance for Venerable Anuruddha, but he is not impressed. He then asks the Buddha how women are reborn in such a heaven.AN 8.47 The Buddha teaches the laywoman Visākhā eight qualities through which a woman may be reborn among the Agreeable gods.AN 8.48 The Buddha teaches the housewife Nakulamātā eight qualities through which a woman may be reborn among the Agreeable gods.AN 8.49 The Buddha teaches the laywoman Visākhā four qualities through which a woman succeeds in this life, and four through which she succeeds in the next.AN 8.50 The Buddha teaches the mendicants four qualities through which a woman succeeds in this life, and four through which she succeeds in the next.