{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn32.57/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn32.57","id":"suttacentral_sn32.57","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn32.57/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 sometimes the heavens rain?\u201d \u201cMendicant, there are what are called gods of the rainy thunderclouds. Sometimes they think: \u2018Why don\u2019t we revel in our own kind of enjoyment?\u2019 Then, in accordance with their wish, the heavens rain down. This is the cause, this is the reason why sometimes the heavens rain.\u201d The Linked Discourses on gods of the clouds are complete.","title":"Gods of the Rainy Thunderclouds","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":83}