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Linked Discourses · SN 30.17–46

  • Linked Discourses 30.17–46Saṁyutta Nikāya 30.17–46
  • 1. Phoenixes1. Supaṇṇavagga

How Giving Helps to Become Womb-Born, Etc.Jalābujadānūpakārasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“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 …“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā jalābujānaṁ supaṇṇānaṁ …pe… moisture-born phoenixes …saṁsedajānaṁ supaṇṇānaṁ …pe… or spontaneously-born phoenixes?”opapātikānaṁ supaṇṇānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?

(Tell all in full.)(Evaṁ piṇḍakena chacattālīsaṁ suttantā honti.)

The Linked Discourses on phoenixes are complete.Supaṇṇasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. SN 30.7–16 Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-Born 0.82near 0.1Linked Discourses 30.7–16 1. Phoenixes Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-Born At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha: “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, wh…
  2. SN 30.4–6 Both Kinds of Deeds (2nd–4th) 0.71near 0.1Linked Discourses 30.4–6 1. Phoenixes Both Kinds of Deeds (2nd–4th) 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,…
  3. SN 29.21–50 Thirty Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Womb-Born, Etc. 0.68near 0.1Linked Discourses 29.21–50 1. Dragons 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 so…
  4. SN 30.3 Both Kinds of Deeds 0.65near 0.1Linked Discourses 30.3 1. Phoenixes Both Kinds of Deeds At Sāvatthī. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when the…
  5. SN 30.1 Plain Version 0.58near 0.1Linked Discourses 30.1 1. Phoenixes Plain Version At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, phoenixes reproduce in these four ways. What four? Phoenixes are born from eggs, from a womb, from moisture, or spontaneously. These are the fou…