sn30.4-6:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn30.4-6:1.2 Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:
sn30.4-6:1.3 “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 womb-born phoenixes …”
sn30.4-6:1.4 “… moisture-born phoenixes …”
sn30.4-6:1.5 “… or spontaneously-born phoenixes?”
sn30.4-6:1.6 “Mendicant, it’s when someone does both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind.
sn30.4-6:1.7 And they’ve heard:
sn30.4-6:1.8 ‘The spontaneously-born phoenixes are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’
sn30.4-6:1.9 They think:
sn30.4-6:1.10 ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the spontaneously-born phoenixes!’
sn30.4-6:1.11 When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the spontaneously-born phoenixes.
sn30.4-6:1.12 This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the spontaneously-born phoenixes.”