7-16.
Ten Discourses on Giving and Support for the Egg-born
398-407.
At Sāvatthī.
Seated to one side, that monk said this to the Blessed One -
"What, venerable sir, is the cause, what is the condition, whereby someone here, upon the body's collapse at death, is reborn in the company of egg-born supaṇṇas?"
"Here, monk, someone acts in two ways by body, acts in two ways by speech, acts in two ways by mind.
He has heard:
'Egg-born supaṇṇas are long-lived, beautiful, and abounding in happiness.'
He thinks thus:
'Oh, may I, upon the body's collapse at death, be reborn in the company of egg-born supaṇṇas!'
He gives food, etc.
he gives drink, etc.
he gives cloth, etc.
he gives a vehicle, etc.
he gives a garland, etc.
he gives scent, etc.
he gives cosmetics, etc.
he gives a sleeping place, etc.
he gives a public rest-house, etc.
he gives material for lighting.
He, upon the body's collapse at death, is reborn in the company of egg-born supaṇṇas.
This, monk, is the cause, this is the condition, whereby someone here, upon the body's collapse at death, is reborn in the company of egg-born supaṇṇas."
The sixteenth.