{"id":"sn55.18","title":"A Visit to the Gods (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn55.18","title":"A Visit to the Gods (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn55.18:0","sourceIds":["sn55.18:0.1","sn55.18:0.2","sn55.18:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.18\n2. Rājakārāmavagga\nPaṭhamadevacārikasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 55.18\n2. The Royal Monastery\nA Visit to the Gods (1st)"}},{"id":"sn55.18:1","sourceIds":["sn55.18:1.1","sn55.18:1.2","sn55.18:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nAtha kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—jetavane antarahito devesu tāvatiṁsesu pāturahosi.\nAtha kho sambahulā tāvatiṁsakāyikā devatāyo yenāyasmā mahāmoggallāno tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ mahāmoggallānaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho tā devatāyo āyasmā mahāmoggallāno etadavoca:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nAnd then Venerable Mahāmoggallāna, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, vanished from Jeta’s Grove and reappeared among the gods of the thirty-three.\nThen several deities of the company of the thirty-three went up to Venerable Mahāmoggallāna, bowed, and stood to one side. Moggallāna said to them:"}},{"id":"sn55.18:2","sourceIds":["sn55.18:2.1","sn55.18:2.2","sn55.18:2.3","sn55.18:2.4","sn55.18:2.5","sn55.18:2.6","sn55.18:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu kho, āvuso, buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgamanaṁ hoti—\nitipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.\nBuddhe aveccappasādena samannāgamanahetu kho, āvuso, evam’idhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjanti.\nSādhu kho, āvuso, dhamme …pe…\nsaṅghe …pe…\nsādhu kho, āvuso, ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgamanaṁ hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.\nAriyakantehi sīlehi samannāgamanahetu kho, āvuso, evam’idhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjantī”ti.","en":"“Reverends, it’s good to have experiential confidence in the Buddha. …\nIt’s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\nIt’s good to have experiential confidence in the teaching. …\nthe Saṅgha …\nand to have the ethical conduct that’s loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.\nIt’s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.”"}},{"id":"sn55.18:3","sourceIds":["sn55.18:3.1","sn55.18:3.2","sn55.18:3.3","sn55.18:3.4","sn55.18:3.5","sn55.18:3.6","sn55.18:3.7","sn55.18:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu kho, mārisa moggallāna, buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgamanaṁ hoti—\nitipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.\nBuddhe aveccappasādena samannāgamanahetu kho, mārisa moggallāna, evam’idhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjanti.\nSādhu kho, mārisa moggallāna, dhamme …pe…\nsaṅghe …pe…\nariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgamanaṁ hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.\nAriyakantehi sīlehi samannāgamanahetu kho, mārisa moggallāna, evam’idhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjantī”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"“My good fellow Moggallāna, it’s good to have experiential confidence in the Buddha …\nIt’s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\nIt’s good to have experiential confidence in the teaching. …\nthe Saṅgha …\nand to have the ethical conduct that’s loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.\nIt’s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.18/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."}