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Passing Away as Gods and Reborn as Gods

Devacutinirayādisutta

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.108–110Linked Discourses 56.108–110
  • 0.211. Pañcagatipeyyālavagga11. Abbreviated Texts on Five Destinations

0.3DevacutinirayādisuttaPassing Away as Gods and Reborn as Gods

1.1… “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye devā cutā devesu paccājāyanti; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye devā cutā niraye paccājāyanti …pe… tiracchānayoniyā paccājāyanti …pe… pettivisaye paccājāyanti …pe….“… the sentient beings who die as gods and are reborn as gods are few, while those who die as gods and are reborn in hell, or the animal realm, or the ghost realm are many.”

1.2Navamaṁ.