SN 30.17–46 — 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 phoenixes … moisture-born phoenixes … or spontaneously-born phoenixes?” (Tell all in full.) The Linked Discourses on phoenixes are complete. Linked Discourses on Centaurs Contents The Chapter on Centaurs SN 31.1 Plain Version Suddhikasutta SN 31.2 Good Conduct Sucaritasutta SN 31.3 A Giver of Fragrant Roots Mūlagandhadātāsutta SN 31.4–12 Nine Discourses On Givers of Fragrant Heartwood, Etc. Sāragandhādidātāsuttanavaka SN 31.13–22 Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps Rebirth in Fragrant Roots Mūlagandhadānūpakārasuttadasaka SN 31.23–112 Ninety Discourses On How Giving Helps Rebirth in Fragrant Heartwood, etc. Sāragandhādidānūpakārasuttanavutika The Chapter on Centaurs