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The Discourse on the Gladdened Mind
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This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Worthy One, thus have I heard:
"Here I, monks, understand a certain person with a confident mind thus, having encompassed his mind with my mind - 'If this person were to die at this time, he is deposited in heaven as if carried there.' What is the reason for this? Because his mind, monks, is confident. Because of mental confidence, monks, some beings here, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world." The Blessed One said this meaning. Therein this is said:
The Buddha explained this meaning near the monks.
He would be reborn in a fortunate realm, because his mind is gladdened.
Because of mental confidence indeed, beings go to a good destination."
This meaning too was spoken by the Blessed One, thus have I heard. The first.