iti.21 Itivuttaka

A Confident Mind

This was said by the Lord…

“Here, bhikkhus, some person has a confident mind. Having examined his mind with my mind, I know that if this person were to die at this time, as if carried there he would be placed in heaven. What is the reason for that? It is because his mind is confident. It is because of the mind’s confidence that some beings here, when the body perishes, are reborn after death in a good bourn, in a heavenly world.”

Understanding the confident mind
Of some person dwelling here,
The Buddha explained its meaning
In the presence of the bhikkhus.

If that person were to die
At this very moment now,
He would arise in a good bourn
Because of his confident mind.

As if they were carried off
And placed there, thus
Beings go to a good bourn
Because of mind’s confidence.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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A Pure Mind

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, when I’ve comprehended the mind of a person whose mind is pure, I understand:
‘If this person were to die right now, they would be raised up to heaven.’
Why is that?
Because their mind is pure.
Purity of mind is the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“Knowing a person’s
pure mind,
the Buddha explained this matter
in the mendicants’ presence.
If that person
were to die at this time,
they’d be reborn in heaven,
for their mind is pure.
Such a person is raised up as surely
as if they’d been carried and put there.
For purity of mind is the reason
sentient beings go to a good place.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.