Linked Discourses 55.18
- The Royal Monastery
A Visit to the Gods (1st)
At Sāvatthī.
And then Venerable Mahāmoggallāna, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, vanished from Jeta’s Grove and reappeared among the gods of the thirty-three.
Then several deities of the company of the thirty-three went up to Venerable Mahāmoggallāna, bowed, and stood to one side. Moggallāna said to them:
“Reverends, it’s good to have experiential confidence in the Buddha. …
It’s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.
It’s good to have experiential confidence in the teaching. …
the Saṅgha …
and to have the ethical conduct that’s loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.
It’s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.”
“My good fellow Moggallāna, it’s good to have experiential confidence in the Buddha …
It’s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.
It’s good to have experiential confidence in the teaching. …
the Saṅgha …
and to have the ethical conduct that’s loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.
It’s the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.”