{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an2.17/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an2.17","id":"suttacentral_an2.17","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an2.17/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then the brahmin J\u0101nusso\u1e47i went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha: \u201cWhat is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell?\u201d \u201cWhat they\u2019ve done and what they\u2019ve not done. That\u2019s why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.\u201d \u201cBut what is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm?\u201d \u201cWhat they\u2019ve done and what they\u2019ve not done. That\u2019s why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t understand the meaning of what the worthy Gotama has said in brief, without explaining the details. Worthy Gotama, please teach me this matter in detail so I can understand the meaning.\u201d \u201cWell then, brahmin, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, worthy sir,\u201d J\u0101nusso\u1e47i replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cFirstly, brahmin, someone has done bad things and not done good things by way of body, speech, and mind. So what they\u2019ve done and what they\u2019ve not done is why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. Furthermore, brahmin, someone has done good things and not done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. So what they\u2019ve done and what they\u2019ve not done is why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\u201d \u201cExcellent, worthy Gotama! \u2026 From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.\u201d","title":"17","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":341}