Itivuttaka 71

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71. Sammaditthikasuttam (Outcome of Righteous Conduct)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Monks, I have seen beings who—endowed with bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, & mental good conduct; who did not revile noble(aria) ones, who held right views and undertook actions under the influence of right views—at the break-up of the body, after death, have re-appeared in a good destination, a heavenly world. It’s not from having heard this from another ascetic(monk) or brahman(priest)that I tell you that I have seen beings who—endowed with bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, & mental good conduct; who did not revile noble ones, who held right views and undertook actions under the influence of right views at the break-up of the body, after death, have re-appeared in a good destination, a heavenly world. It’s from having known it myself, seen it myself, realized it myself that I tell you that I have seen beings who—endowed with bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, & mental good conduct; who did not revile noble ones, who held right views and undertook actions under the influence of right views—at the break-up of the body, after death, have re-appeared in a good destination, a heavenly world.”

With mind rightly directed, speaking right speech, doing right deeds with the body: a person here of much learning, a doer of merit here in this next-to-nothing life, at the break-up of the body, discerning, reappears in heaven.