SN32:13–52 With the Support of Giving (2)
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
These suttas repeat the paradigm in regard to rebirth among the other types of cloud-dwelling devas. sn.iii.256
1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā uṇhavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ … pe … abbhavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ … pe … vātavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ … pe … vassavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī"ti? "Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati. Tassa sutaṁ hoti: ‘vassavalāhakā devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti. Tassa evaṁ hoti: ‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā vassavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti. So annaṁ deti … pe … padīpeyyaṁ deti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā vassavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā vassavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī"ti.
Dvepaññāsamaṁ.
