{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn55.19/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn55.19","id":"suttacentral_sn55.19","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.19/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. And then Venerable Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, vanished from Jeta\u2019s Grove and reappeared among the gods of the thirty-three. Then several deities of the company of the thirty-three went up to Venerable Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na, bowed, and stood to one side. Moggall\u0101na said to them: \u201cReverends, it\u2019s good to have experiential confidence in the Buddha. \u2026 It\u2019s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, have been reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. It\u2019s good to have experiential confidence in the teaching. \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 and to have the ethical conduct that\u2019s loved by the noble ones \u2026 leading to immersion. It\u2019s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, have been reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\u201d \u201cMy good Moggall\u0101na, it\u2019s good to have experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 It\u2019s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, have been reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. It\u2019s good to have experiential confidence in the teaching. \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 and to have the ethical conduct that\u2019s loved by the noble ones \u2026 leading to immersion. It\u2019s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, have been reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\u201d","title":"A Visit to the Gods (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":232}