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Dying as Gods and Reborn as Humans

Devamanussanirayādisutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.111–113Linked Discourses 56.111–113
  • 0.211. Pañcagatipeyyālavagga11. Abbreviated Texts on Five Destinations

0.3DevamanussanirayādisuttaDying as Gods and Reborn as Humans

1.1… “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye devā cutā manussesu 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 humans are few, while those who die as gods and are reborn in hell, or the animal realm, or the ghost realm are many.”

1.2Dvādasamaṁ.