Connected Discourses 29

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1. Linked Discourses 29.11–20
2. 1. Dragons
3. Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-Born
4. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:
5. “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 egg-born dragons?”
6. “Mendicant, it’s when someone does both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind.
7. And they’ve heard:
8. ‘The egg-born dragons are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’
9. They think:
10. ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons!’
11. They give food …
12. drink …
13. clothing …
14. a vehicle …
15. a garland …
16. fragrance …
17. makeup …
18. a bed …
19. a house …
20. a lamp.
21. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.
22. This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.”