← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN55.20Connected Discourses 55.20SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 55.202. The Royal MonasteryA Visit to the Gods (3rd)Then the Buddha, 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 the Buddha, bowed, and stood to one side. The Buddha said to them:“Reverends, it’s good to have experiential confidence in the Buddha. …It’s the reason why some sentient beings are stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.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 are stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.”“Good fellow, it’s good to have experiential confidence in the Buddha …It’s the reason why some sentient beings are stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.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 are stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.”