3.
The Discourse on the Doer of Both
394.
At Sāvatthī.
A certain monk approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
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, 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 third.