SN 29.21–50 — Thirty Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Womb-Born, Etc.

At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha: “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the womb-born dragons … moisture-born dragons … spontaneously-born dragons?” “Mendicant, it’s when someone does both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind. And they’ve heard: ‘The spontaneously-born dragons are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’ They think: ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the spontaneously-born dragons!’ They give food … drink … a lamp. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the spontaneously-born dragons. This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the spontaneously-born dragons.” (Each set of ten discourses of this series should be told in full the same way.) The Linked Discourses on dragons are complete. Linked Discourses on Phoenixes Contents The Chapter on Phoenixes SN 30.1 Plain Version Suddhikasutta SN 30.2 They Carry Off Harantisutta SN 30.3 Both Kinds of Deeds Dvayakārīsutta SN 30.4–6 Both Kinds of Deeds (2nd–4th) Dutiyādidvayakārīsuttattika SN 30.7–16 Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-Born Aṇḍajadānūpakārasuttadasaka SN 30.17–46 How Giving Helps to Become Womb-Born, Etc. Jalābujadānūpakārasutta The Chapter on Phoenixes