{"collection":"Majjhima Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_mn42/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_mn42","id":"suttacentral_mn42","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/mn42/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Majjhima Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Now at that time the brahmins and householders of Vera\u00f1j\u0101 were residing in S\u0101vatth\u012b on some business. The brahmins and householders of Vera\u00f1j\u0101 heard: \u201cIt seems the ascetic Gotama\u2014a Sakyan, gone forth from a Sakyan family\u2014is staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. He has this good reputation \u2026 It\u2019s good to see such perfected ones.\u201d \u2026 They 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? And 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 \u201cUnprincipled and immoral conduct 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. Principled and moral conduct is the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t understand the detailed meaning of the worthy Gotama\u2019s brief statement. \u2026\u201d \u201cHouseholders, a person of unprincipled and immoral conduct is threefold by way of body, fourfold by way of speech, and threefold by way of mind. \u2026\u201d \u2026","title":"The People of Vera\u00f1j\u0101","tradition":"Majjhima Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":244}