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Linked Discourses 29.5 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 29.5

1. Dragons – 1. Nāgavagga

SN 29.5 Sabbath (3rd) – Tatiyauposathasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Seated to one side, that bhikkhu said to the Buddha:

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

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

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

(All should be told in full.)

(Sabbaṁ vitthāretabbaṁ.)

 

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