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Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

  • Saṁyutta Nikāya 29.9  Linked Discourses 29.9
  • 1. Nāgavagga  1. Dragons

Tatiyasutasutta 
Tatiyasutasutta → tassa sutam 3 (pts1ed)
They’ve Heard (3rd)

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.  At Sāvatthī.

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:  Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:

“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā saṁsedajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?  “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the moisture-born dragons?”

…pe…  (Tell all in full.)

Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā saṁsedajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti. 

Navamaṁ. 

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

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