{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn32.13-52/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn32.13-52","id":"suttacentral_sn32.13-52","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn32.13-52/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 of warm thunderclouds \u2026 stormy thunderclouds \u2026 windy thunderclouds \u2026 rainy thunderclouds?\u201d \u201cMendicant, it\u2019s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind. And they\u2019ve heard: \u2018The gods of rainy thunderclouds 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 of rainy thunderclouds!\u2019 They give food \u2026 a lamp. When their body breaks up, after death, they\u2019re reborn in the company of the gods of rainy thunderclouds. 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 of rainy thunderclouds.\u201d","title":"How Giving Helps to Become a Warm Thundercloud God, Etc.","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":154}