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Dying as Ghosts and Reborn as Humans

Pettimanussanirayādisutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.126–128Linked Discourses 56.126–128
  • 0.211. Pañcagatipeyyālavagga11. Abbreviated Texts on Five Destinations

0.3PettimanussanirayādisuttaDying as Ghosts and Reborn as Humans

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

1.2Sattavīsatimaṁ.