{"id":"sn32.13-52","title":"How Giving Helps to Become a Warm Thundercloud God, Etc.","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn32.13-52","title":"How Giving Helps to Become a Warm Thundercloud God, Etc.","units":[{"id":"sn32.13-52:0","sourceIds":["sn32.13-52:0.1","sn32.13-52:0.2","sn32.13-52:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 32.13–52\n1. Valāhakavagga\nUṇhavalāhakadānūpakārasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 32.13–52\n1. Gods of the Thunderclouds\nHow Giving Helps to Become a Warm Thundercloud God, Etc."}},{"id":"sn32.13-52:1","sourceIds":["sn32.13-52:1.1","sn32.13-52:1.2","sn32.13-52:1.3","sn32.13-52:1.4","sn32.13-52:1.5","sn32.13-52:1.6","sn32.13-52:1.7","sn32.13-52:1.8","sn32.13-52:1.9","sn32.13-52:1.10","sn32.13-52:1.11","sn32.13-52:1.12","sn32.13-52:1.13","sn32.13-52:1.14","sn32.13-52:1.15","sn32.13-52:1.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā uṇhavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ …pe…\nabbhavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ …pe…\nvātavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ …pe…\nvassavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?\n“Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati.\nTassa sutaṁ hoti:\n‘vassavalāhakā devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti.\nTassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā vassavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti.\nSo annaṁ deti …pe…\npadīpeyyaṁ deti.\nSo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā vassavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā vassavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti.\nDvepaññāsamaṁ.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nSeated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:\n“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 …\nstormy thunderclouds …\nwindy thunderclouds …\nrainy thunderclouds?”\n“Mendicant, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind.\nAnd they’ve heard:\n‘The gods of rainy thunderclouds are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’\nThey think:\n‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the gods of rainy thunderclouds!’\nThey give food …\na lamp.\nWhen their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of rainy thunderclouds.\nThis 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.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn32.13-52/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}