![[info icon]](./../../../img/question_16.gif "Summary: What does it mean to grow in the Dhamma?")
"A female disciple of the noble ones who grows in terms of these five types of growth grows in the noble growth, grasps hold of what is essential, what is excellent in the body. Which five? She grows in terms of conviction, in terms of virtue, in terms of learning, in terms of generosity, in terms of discernment. Growing in terms of these five types of growth, the female disciple of the noble ones grows in the noble growth, grasps hold of what is essential, what is excellent in the body."
Growing in conviction & virtue,
discernment, generosity, & learning,
a virtuous female lay disciple
such as this
takes hold of the essence within herself.
©2003 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Transcribed from a file provided by the translator. Last revised for Access to Insight on 3 July 2010.
How to cite this document (a suggested style): "Vuddhi Sutta: Growth" (AN 5.64), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 3 July 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.064.than.html .