Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-Born (SN29.11-20)

Linked Discourses 29.11–20

1. Dragons

Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-Born

Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:

“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 egg-born dragons?”

“Mendicant, it’s when someone does both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind.

And they’ve heard:

‘The egg-born dragons are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’

They think:

‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons!’

They give food …

drink …

clothing …

a vehicle …

a garland …

fragrance …

makeup …

a bed …

a house …

a lamp.

When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.

This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.”