Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN56: Connected Discourses on the Truths

SN56:105–107 Passing Away as Humans (4–6)

1… "So too, bhikkhus, those beings are few who, when they pass away as human beings, are reborn among the devas. But those beings are more numerous who, when they pass away as human beings, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the domain of ghosts. … "

1… "Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye manussā cutā devesu paccājāyanti; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye manussā cutā niraye paccājāyanti … pe … tiracchānayoniyā paccājāyanti … pe … pettivisaye paccājāyanti … pe … .


Chaṭṭhaṁ.

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