11-20.
Ten Discourses on Giving and Support for the Egg-born
352-361.
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 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: 'Egg-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 egg-born serpents!' He gives food. He, upon the body's collapse at death, is reborn in the company of egg-born serpents. This, monk, is the cause, etc. is reborn, 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 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 egg-born serpents." The twentieth.