← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN55.18Connected Discourses 55.18SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 55.182. The Royal MonasteryA 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 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.”