Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN56: Connected Discourses on the Truths

SN56:111‒113 Passing Away as Devas (4–6)

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

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


Dvādasamaṁ.

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