How Giving Helps to Become a Warm Thundercloud God, Etc.
Uṇhavalāhakadānūpakārasutta
How Giving Helps to Become a Warm Thundercloud God, Etc.
Uṇhavalāhakadānūpakārasutta
EN
At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha: “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 warm thunderclouds … stormy thunderclouds …
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā uṇhavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ …pe… abbhavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ …pe…
EN
windy thunderclouds … rainy thunderclouds?” “Mendicant, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind. And they’ve heard:
‘The gods of rainy thunderclouds are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’ They think: ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the gods of rainy thunderclouds!’ They give food …
a lamp. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of rainy thunderclouds. 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 rainy thunderclouds.”
How Giving Helps to Become a Warm Thundercloud God, Etc.
Uṇhavalāhakadānūpakārasutta
How Giving Helps to Become a Warm Thundercloud God, Etc.
Uṇhavalāhakadānūpakārasutta
EN
At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha: “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 warm thunderclouds … stormy thunderclouds …
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā uṇhavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ …pe… abbhavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ …pe…
EN
windy thunderclouds … rainy thunderclouds?” “Mendicant, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind. And they’ve heard:
‘The gods of rainy thunderclouds are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’ They think: ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the gods of rainy thunderclouds!’ They give food …
a lamp. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of rainy thunderclouds. 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 rainy thunderclouds.”
Sutraya