SN 22-34 The Group of Connected Discourses Beginning With the Aggregates – Khandhavaggasaṁyutta > SN 32 Connected Discourses on Cloud Gods – Valāhakasaṁyutta > SN 32.3–12 Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become a Cool Cloud God

Linked Discourses 32.3–12 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 32.3–12

1. Gods of the Clouds – 1. Valāhakavagga

SN 32.3–12 Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become a Cool Cloud God – Sītavalāhakadānūpakārasuttadasaka

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 cool clouds?”

“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sītavalāhakānaṁ 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 cool clouds are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’

‘sītavalāhakā 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 the cool clouds!’

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

They give food …

So annaṁ deti …pe…

a lamp.

padīpeyyaṁ deti.

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

So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sītavalāhakānaṁ 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 cool clouds.”

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