sn.29.11-20 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-Born

Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:
“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons?”
“Mendicant, it’s when someone does both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind.
And they’ve heard:
‘The egg-born dragons are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’
They think:
‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons!’
They give food …


drink …
clothing …
a vehicle …
a garland …
fragrance …
makeup …
a bed …
a house …
a lamp.
When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.
This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.”