{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.131/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.131","id":"suttacentral_sn56.131","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.131/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201c\u2026 the sentient beings who die as ghosts and are reborn as gods are few, while those who die as ghosts and are reborn in the ghost realm are many. Why is that? It\u2019s because they haven\u2019t seen the four noble truths. What four? The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering. That\u2019s why you should practice meditation to understand: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the origin of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the cessation of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering\u2019.\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said. The Linked Discourses on the Truths, the twelfth section. The Great Book is finished. The Linked Discourses are complete.","title":"Dying as Ghosts and Reborn as Ghosts","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":137}