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Linked Discourses 29.4 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 29.4

1. Dragons – 1. Nāgavagga

SN 29.4 Sabbath (2nd) – Dutiyauposathasutta

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Then a bhikkhu went up to the Buddha … and asked him,

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why some womb-born dragons keep the sabbath, having transformed their bodies?”

“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena m’idhekacce jalābujā nāgā uposathaṁ upavasanti vossaṭṭhakāyā ca bhavantī”ti?

(All should be told in full.)

(Sabbaṁ vitthāretabbaṁ.)

“Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena m’idhekacce jalābujā nāgā uposathaṁ upavasanti vossaṭṭhakāyā ca bhavantī”ti.