{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn31.4-12/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn31.4-12","id":"suttacentral_sn31.4-12","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn31.4-12/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 heartwood \u2026 softwood \u2026 bark \u2026 sprouts \u2026 leaves \u2026 flowers \u2026 fruit \u2026 sap \u2026 fragrant scents?\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 heartwood \u2026 fragrant scents 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 heartwood \u2026 fragrant scents!\u2019 They give gifts of fragrant heartwood \u2026 fragrant scents. When their body breaks up, after death, they\u2019re reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant scents. 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 on fragrant scents.\u201d","title":"Nine Discourses On Givers of Fragrant Heartwood, Etc.","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":181}