{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn55.36/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn55.36","id":"suttacentral_sn55.36","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.36/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, when someone possesses four things the gods are pleased and speak of what they have in common. What four? Firstly, a noble disciple possesses experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 There are deities who possess experiential confidence in the Buddha who passed away from here and were reborn there. They think: \u2018Possessing such experiential confidence in the Buddha, we passed away from there and were reborn here. That noble disciple possesses the same kind of experiential confidence in the Buddha, so they will come into the presence of the gods.\u2019 Furthermore, a noble disciple possesses experiential confidence in the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 And they possess the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones \u2026 leading to immersion. There are deities who possess the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones who passed away from here and were reborn there. They think: \u2018Possessing such ethical conduct loved by the noble ones, we passed away from there and were reborn here. That noble disciple possesses the same kind of ethical conduct loved by the noble ones, so they will come into the presence of the gods.\u2019 When someone possesses four things the gods are pleased and speak of what they have in common.\u201d","title":"In Common With the Gods","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":204}