{"id":"sn31.3","title":"A Giver of Fragrant Roots","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn31.3","title":"A Giver of Fragrant Roots","units":[{"id":"sn31.3:0","sourceIds":["sn31.3:0.1","sn31.3:0.2","sn31.3:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 31.3\n1. Gandhabbavagga\nMūlagandhadātāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 31.3\n1. Centaurs\nA Giver of Fragrant Roots"}},{"id":"sn31.3:1","sourceIds":["sn31.3:1.1","sn31.3:1.2","sn31.3:1.3","sn31.3:1.4","sn31.3:1.5","sn31.3:1.6","sn31.3:1.7","sn31.3:1.8","sn31.3:1.9","sn31.3:1.10","sn31.3:1.11","sn31.3:1.12","sn31.3:1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā mūlagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?\n“Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati.\nTassa sutaṁ hoti:\n‘mūlagandhe adhivatthā devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti.\nTassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā mūlagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti.\nSo dātā hoti mūlagandhānaṁ.\nSo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā mūlagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu …pe…\nyena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā mūlagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nSeated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:\n“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant roots?”\n“Mendicant, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind.\nAnd they’ve heard:\n‘The gods who live in fragrant roots are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’\nThey think:\n‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant roots!’\nThey give gifts of fragrant roots.\nWhen their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant roots.\nThis is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant roots.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn31.3/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}