Parent:: [[Masculinity & Femininity]], [[Mara|Māra]] Related:: [[Sex]], [[Brahmacariya]], [[Women Nature]] # Itthī (Femininity / Female) / Mātugāma (Females) ## Females = Māra's Trap ![[AN5.55 Mātāputtasutta#^maras-trap]] ## Females are Dangerous! ![[AN5.55 Mātāputtasutta#^never-chat-1-1]] > [!NOTE] Females = Gharials! — In Cātumasutta ([MN67](https://suttacentral.net/mn67/en/sujato)) > And what, mendicants, is the **danger of gharials**? > _Katamañca, bhikkhave, **==susukābhayaṁ==**?_ > > ... > > When they’ve gone forth, they robe up in the morning and, taking their bowl and robe, enter a village or town for alms **without guarding body, speech, and mind, without establishing mindfulness**, and **without restraining the sense faculties**. > > There they see a **female scantily clad**, with revealing clothes. > > _So evaṁ pabbajito samāno pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya gāmaṁ vā nigamaṁ vā piṇḍāya pavisati._ > > _**==Arakkhiteneva kāyena arakkhitāya vācāya anupaṭṭhitāya satiyā asaṁvutehi indriyehi==** so tattha passati **mātugāmaṁ dunnivatthaṁ** vā duppārutaṁ vā._ > > **Lust infects their mind**, > > _Tassa mātugāmaṁ disvā dunnivatthaṁ vā duppārutaṁ vā **rāgo cittaṁ anuddhaṁseti**._ > > so they resign the training and return to a lesser life. > _So rāgānuddhaṁsena cittena sikkhaṁ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattati._ > > This is called one who resigns the training and returns to a lesser life because they’re afraid of the danger of gharials. > > _Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, susukābhayassa bhīto sikkhaṁ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvatto._ > > ‘**==Danger of gharials==**’ is a term for **==females==**. > _‘**==Susukābhayan==**’ti kho, bhikkhave, **==mātugāmassetaṁ==** adhivacanaṁ._ ^females-are-gharials ## How to proceed around Females (for [[Brahmacariya]])? ![[DN16 Mahāparinibbānasutta#^how-to-proceed-with-females]] ![[AN7.50 Methunasutta#^8-things]] ## How beings are bound by Masculinity & Femininity? ![[AN7.51 Saṁyogasutta#^how-one-is-bound]] ## Anger — Women's power ![[AN8.27 Paṭhamabalasutta#^8-powers]] ## Videos - (**Superb video)** Vilas: Is there an absolute man or woman? ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAmZCpk8e2w)) ## Suttas - [[AN5.55 Mātāputtasutta]] - Similar: [AN1.1-10 Rūpādivagga](https://suttacentral.net/an1.1-10/en/sujato) - Nothing occupies a man's mind more than a sight, sound, smell, ... of a woman - [[AN7.50 Methunasutta]] - [[AN7.51 Saṁyogasutta]] - MN67 Cātumasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn67/en/sujato)) - Buddha dismissed the Sangha! - Buddha on 4 dangers — waves, crocodiles, whirlpools, and gharials (see [[Itthi#^females-are-gharials|here]]) — including females!