sn30.3:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn30.3:1.2 Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
sn30.3:1.3 “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 phoenixes?”
sn30.3:1.4 “Mendicant, it’s when someone does both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind.
sn30.3:1.5 And they’ve heard:
sn30.3:1.6 ‘The egg-born phoenixes are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’
sn30.3:1.7 They think:
sn30.3:1.8 ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the egg-born phoenixes!’
sn30.3:1.9 When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the egg-born phoenixes.
sn30.3:1.10 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 phoenixes.”