{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn31.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn31.3","id":"suttacentral_sn31.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn31.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha: \u201cSir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant roots?\u201d \u201cMendicant, it\u2019s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind. And they\u2019ve heard: \u2018The gods who live in fragrant roots are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.\u2019 They think: \u2018If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant roots!\u2019 They give gifts of fragrant roots. When their body breaks up, after death, they\u2019re reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant roots. This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant roots.\u201d","title":"A Giver of Fragrant Roots","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":155}