{"id":"sn32.3-12","title":"Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become a Cool Thundercloud God","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn32.3-12","title":"Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become a Cool Thundercloud God","units":[{"id":"sn32.3-12:0","sourceIds":["sn32.3-12:0.1","sn32.3-12:0.2","sn32.3-12:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 32.3–12\n1. Valāhakavagga\nSītavalāhakadānūpakārasuttadasaka","en":"Linked Discourses 32.3–12\n1. Gods of the Thunderclouds\nTen Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become a Cool Thundercloud God"}},{"id":"sn32.3-12:1","sourceIds":["sn32.3-12:1.1","sn32.3-12:1.2","sn32.3-12:1.3","sn32.3-12:1.4","sn32.3-12:1.5","sn32.3-12:1.6","sn32.3-12:1.7","sn32.3-12:1.8","sn32.3-12:1.9","sn32.3-12:1.10","sn32.3-12:1.11","sn32.3-12:1.12","sn32.3-12:1.13"],"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 sītavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?\n“Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati.\nTassa sutaṁ hoti:\n‘sītavalāhakā devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti.\nTassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sītavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti.\nSo annaṁ deti …pe…\npadīpeyyaṁ deti.\nSo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sītavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sītavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti.\nDvādasamaṁ.","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 cool 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 cool 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 the cool thunderclouds!’\nThey give food …\na lamp.\nWhen their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of cool 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 cool thunderclouds.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn32.3-12/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."}