17-46.
The Thirty Discourses on Giving and Support Beginning with Womb-Born
408-437.
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 womb-born supaṇṇas?" Etc.
"in the company of moisture-born supaṇṇas?" Etc.
"is reborn in the company of spontaneously 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:
'Spontaneously 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 spontaneously born supaṇṇas!'
He gives food, etc.
he gives drink, etc.
he gives material for lighting.
He, upon the body's collapse at death, is reborn in the company of spontaneously 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 spontaneously born supaṇṇas."
The forty-sixth.