Connected Discourses 29.7

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1. Linked Discourses 29.7
2. 1. Dragons
3. They’ve Heard
4. At Sāvatthī.
5. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:
6. “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?”
7. “Mendicant, it’s when someone does both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind.
8. And they’ve heard:
9. ‘The egg-born dragons are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’
10. They think:
11. ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons!’
12. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.
13. 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.”