SN 30 · 6 texts · 6 in English

Linked Discourses on Phoenixes

Supaṇṇasaṁyutta

The “Linked Discourses on Phoenixes” is the second of four similar sections dealing with the modes in which various semi-celestial beings may be reborn. The current chapter is on the “phoenixes” or supaṇṇas, otherwise known as garuḍa, powerful bird-spirits that are the natural antagonists to the dragons in Indian mythology.

The Chapter on Phoenixes

Supaṇṇavagga

SN 30.1 Plain VersionSuddhikasutta
Phoenixes may be born from eggs, the womb, moisture, or spontaneously.
SN 30.2 They Carry OffHarantisutta
Phoenixes may be born from eggs, the womb, moisture, or spontaneously. Each of them may carry off a dragon of lower birth.
SN 30.3 Both Kinds of DeedsDvayakārīsutta
One becomes an egg born phoenix due to ambivalent deeds in a past life and the appropriate aspiration.
SN 30.4–6 Both Kinds of Deeds (2nd–4th)Dutiyādidvayakārīsuttattika
One becomes a womb born, moisture born, or spontaneously born phoenix due to ambivalent deeds in a past life and the appropriate aspiration.
SN 30.7–16 Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-BornAṇḍajadānūpakārasuttadasaka
One becomes an egg born phoenix due to ambivalent deeds in a past life, the appropriate aspiration, and giving various gifts.
SN 30.17–46 How Giving Helps to Become Womb-Born, Etc.Jalābujadānūpakārasutta
One becomes a womb born, moisture born, or spontaneously born phoenix due to ambivalent deeds in a past life, the appropriate aspiration, and giving various gifts.