1: The Book of the Ones
1. Obsession of the Mind - 348–377
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
"Just as, bhikkhus, in this Jambudīpa delightful parks, groves, landscapes, and lotus ponds are few, while more numerous are the hills and slopes, rivers that are hard to cross, places with stumps and thorns, and rugged mountains, so too those beings are few who, when they pass away as human beings, are reborn among human beings. More numerous are those who, when they pass away as human beings, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the sphere of afflicted spirits." [n.191] These suttas correspond closely to SN56.102 and those that follow it till SN56.131.
(351) –(353) " … so too those beings are few who, when they pass away as human beings, are reborn among the devas. More numerous are those who, when they pass away as human beings, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the sphere of afflicted spirits."
(354) –(356) " … so too those beings are few who, when they pass away as devas, are reborn among the devas. More numerous are those who, when they pass away as devas, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the sphere of afflicted spirits."
(357) –(359) " … so too those beings are few who, when they pass away as devas, are reborn among human beings. More numerous are those who, when they pass away as devas, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the sphere of afflicted spirits."
(360) –(362) " … so too those beings are few who, when they pass away from hell, are reborn among human beings. More numerous are those who, when they pass away from hell, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the sphere of afflicted spirits."
(363) –(365) " … so too those beings are few who, when they pass away from hell, are reborn among the devas. More numerous are those who, when they pass away from hell, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the sphere of afflicted spirits."
(366) –(368) " … so too those beings are few who, when they pass away from the animal realm, are reborn among human beings. More numerous are those who, when they pass away from the animal realm, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the sphere of afflicted spirits."
(369) –(371) " … so too those beings are few who, when they pass away from the animal realm, are reborn among the devas. More numerous are those who, when they pass away from the animal realm, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the sphere of afflicted spirits."
(372) –(374) " … so too those beings are few who, when they pass away from the sphere of afflicted spirits, are reborn among human beings. More numerous are those who, when they pass away from the sphere of afflicted spirits, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the sphere of afflicted spirits."
(375) –(377) " … so too those beings are few who, when they pass away from the sphere of afflicted spirits, are reborn among the devas. More numerous are those who, when they pass away from the sphere of afflicted spirits, are reborn in hell … in the animal realm … in the sphere of afflicted spirits."
