SN 22-34 The Group of Connected Discourses Beginning With the Aggregates – Khandhavaggasaṁyutta > SN 31 Connected Discourses on Fairies – Gandhabbakāyasaṁyutta > SN 31.2 Good Conduct

Linked Discourses 31.2 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 31.2

1. Fairies – 1. Gandhabbavagga

SN 31.2 Good Conduct – Sucaritasutta

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 someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods of fairykind?”

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

“Bhikkhu, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind.

“Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati.

And they’ve heard:

Tassa sutaṁ hoti:

‘The gods of fairykind are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’

‘gandhabbakāyikā devā 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 gods of fairykind!’

‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā gandhabbakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti.

When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of fairykind.

So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā gandhabbakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ 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 gods of fairykind.”

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