2.
The Discourse on Good Conduct
439.
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 the gods belonging to the gandhabba host?"
"Here, monk, someone practises good conduct by body, practises good conduct by speech, practises good conduct by mind.
He has heard:
'The gods belonging to the gandhabba host 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 the gods belonging to the gandhabba host!'
He, upon the body's collapse at death, is reborn in the company of the gods belonging to the gandhabba host.
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 the gods belonging to the gandhabba host."
The second.