{"id":"sn32.2","title":"Good Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn32.2","title":"Good Conduct","units":[{"id":"sn32.2:0","sourceIds":["sn32.2:0.1","sn32.2:0.2","sn32.2:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 32.2\n1. Valāhakavagga\nSucaritasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 32.2\n1. Gods of the Thunderclouds\nGood Conduct"}},{"id":"sn32.2:1","sourceIds":["sn32.2:1.1","sn32.2:1.2","sn32.2:1.3","sn32.2:1.4","sn32.2:1.5","sn32.2:1.6","sn32.2:1.7","sn32.2:1.8","sn32.2:1.9","sn32.2:1.10","sn32.2:1.11"],"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 valāhakakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?\n“Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati.\nTassa sutaṁ hoti:\n‘valāhakakāyikā devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti.\nTassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā valāhakakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti.\nSo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā valāhakakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā valāhakakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","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 of the thundercloud host?”\n“Mendicant, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind.\nAnd they’ve heard:\n‘The gods of the thundercloud host 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 of the thundercloud host!’\nWhen their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of the thundercloud host.\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 of the thundercloud host.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn32.2/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."}