10.
The Fourth Discourse on What Was Heard
351.
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 spontaneously born serpents?"
"Here, monk, someone acts in two ways by body, acts in two ways by speech, acts in two ways by mind. He has heard: 'Spontaneously born serpents 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 spontaneously born serpents!' He, upon the body's collapse at death, is reborn in the company of spontaneously born serpents. 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 spontaneously born serpents." The tenth.