Ninety Discourses On How Giving Helps Rebirth in Fragrant Heartwood, etc.

Sāragandhādidānūpakārasuttanavutika

Ninety Discourses On How Giving Helps Rebirth in Fragrant Heartwood, etc.

Sāragandhādidānūpakārasuttanavutika

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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 who live in fragrant heartwood … softwood …
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Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sāragandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …pe… pheggugandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …
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bark … sprouts … leaves … flowers …
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tacagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ … papaṭikagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ … pattagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ … pupphagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …
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fruit … sap … fragrant scents?” “Mendicant, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind.
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phalagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ … rasagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ … gandhagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti? “Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati.
EN
And they’ve heard: ‘The gods who live in fragrant scents 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 who live in fragrant scents!’
PL
Tassa sutaṁ hoti: ‘gandhagandhe adhivatthā devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti. Tassa evaṁ hoti: ‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā gandhagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti.
EN
They give food … drink … clothing … a vehicle …
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So annaṁ deti …pe… pānaṁ deti … vatthaṁ deti … yānaṁ deti …
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a garland … fragrance … makeup … a bed …
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mālaṁ deti … gandhaṁ deti … vilepanaṁ deti … seyyaṁ deti …
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a house … a lamp. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant scents. 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 who live on fragrant scents.”
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āvasathaṁ deti … padīpeyyaṁ deti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā gandhagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā gandhagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti.
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Dvādasasatimaṁ. (Evaṁ piṇḍakena ekasatañca dvādasa ca suttantā honti.) Gandhabbavaggo paṭhamo. Tassuddānaṁ
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Suddhikañca sucaritaṁ, dātā hi apare dasa; Dānūpakārā satadhā, gandhabbe suppakāsitāti.
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The Linked Discourses on the centaur realm are complete.
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Gandhabbakāyasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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