SN 22-34 The Group of Connected Discourses Beginning With the Aggregates – Khandhavaggasaṁyutta > SN 30 Connected Discourses on Phoenixes – Supaṇṇasaṁyutta > SN 30.3 Both Kinds of Deeds

Linked Discourses 30.3 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 30.3

1. Phoenixes – 1. Supaṇṇavagga

SN 30.3 Both Kinds of Deeds – Dvayakārīsutta

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Then a bhikkhu went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

Aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“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 egg-born phoenixes?”

“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ supaṇṇānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?

“Bhikkhu, it’s when someone does both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind.

“Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena dvayakārī hoti, vācāya dvayakārī, manasā dvayakārī.

And they’ve heard:

Tassa sutaṁ hoti:

‘The egg-born phoenixes are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’

‘aṇḍajā supaṇṇā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti.

They think:

Tassa evaṁ hoti:

‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the egg-born phoenixes!’

‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ supaṇṇānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti.

When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the egg-born phoenixes.

So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ supaṇṇānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.

This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the egg-born phoenixes.”

Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ supaṇṇānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti.