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Have excellent conduct and views:
“If a person possesses these two qualities—excellent conduct and excellent views—when their body breaks up, that wise person is reborn in heaven.” (Sujato Iti 33)1
- Conduct: sIla
- View: diTThi
It seems that view in and of itself is an important factor, not just the conduct that derives from it.
In that case, a person might have excellent conduct, but their poor views would be obstructions to heaven.
Those who go to heaven do so as if carried and put there:
“Excellent conduct and excellent view. A individual with these two qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.” (Sujato Iti 33)1
“Knowing an individual’s pure mind, the Buddha explained this matter in the mendicants’ presence. If that individual were to die at this time, they’d be reborn in heaven, for their mind is pure. That sort 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.” (Sujato Iti 21)1
- This is an interesting point. At the time of departure, it is seems it is the momentum of kamma that takes one to heaven like a large wave would carry a boat to the shore.
See also:
Have ten qualities:
“Someone with ten qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there. What ten?
It’s when a certain person gives up killing living creatures. They renounce the rod and the sword. They’re scrupulous and kind, living full of sympathy for all living beings.
They give up stealing. They don’t, with the intention to commit theft, take the wealth or belongings of others from village or wilderness.
They give up sexual misconduct. They don’t have sexual relations with women who have their mother, father, both mother and father, brother, sister, relatives, or clan as guardian. They don’t have sexual relations with a woman who is protected on principle, or who has a husband, or whose violation is punishable by law, or even one who has been garlanded as a token of betrothal.
They give up lying. They’re summoned to a council, an assembly, a family meeting, a guild, or to the royal court, and asked to bear witness: ‘Please, my friend, say what you know.’ Not knowing, they say ‘I don’t know.’ Knowing, they say ‘I know.’ Not seeing, they say ‘I don’t see.’ And seeing, they say ‘I see.’ So they don’t deliberately lie for the sake of themselves or another, or for some trivial worldly reason.
They give up backbiting. They don’t repeat in one place what they heard in another so as to divide people against each other. Instead, they reconcile those who are divided and support those who are united, delighting in harmony, loving harmony, speaking words that promote harmony.
They give up harsh speech. They speak in a way that’s mellow, pleasing to the ear, lovely, going to the heart, polite, likable and agreeable to the people.
They give up talking nonsense. Their words are timely, true, and meaningful, in line with the teaching and training. They say things at the right time which are valuable, reasonable, succinct, and beneficial.
They’re content. They don’t covet the wealth and belongings of others: ‘Oh, if only their belongings were mine!’
They have a kind heart and loving intentions: ‘May these sentient beings live free of enmity and ill will, untroubled and happy!’
They have right view, an undistorted perspective: ‘There is meaning in giving, sacrifice, and offerings. There are fruits and results of good and bad deeds. There is an afterlife. There are such things as mother and father, and beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there are ascetics and brahmins who are rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describe the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’” (Sujato AN 10.211)
- They give up
- Killing living creatures (pāṇātipāta)
- Does this include non-conscious life?
- Stealing
- Sexual misconduct
- Lying
- Backbiting
- Harsh speech
- Talking nonsense
- They’re
8. Content
9. Kind hearted
10. Have right views
Choose to go there:
“I shall teach you rebirth by choice…
Furthermore, take a mendicant who has faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom. And they’ve heard: ‘The gods of the four great kings … the gods of the thirty-three … the gods of Yama … the joyful gods … the gods who love to create … the gods who control what is created by others 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 gods who control what is created by others!’ They settle on that thought, stabilize it, and develop it. Those choices and meditations of theirs, developed and cultivated like this, lead to rebirth there. This is the path and the practice that leads to rebirth there.” (Sujato MN 120)
TODO
- Fix quotation marks in quotes. Speech attributed to the Buddha is usually enclosed.
- Check if referenced passages have parallels
Content/Wiki/Dhamma/How to Go to Heaven.md
Have excellent conduct and views:
“If a person possesses these two qualities—excellent conduct and excellent views—when their body breaks up, that wise person is reborn in heaven.” (Sujato Iti 33)1
- Conduct: sIla
- View: diTThi
It seems that view in and of itself is an important factor, not just the conduct that derives from it.
In that case, a person might have excellent conduct, but their poor views would be obstructions to heaven.
Those who go to heaven do so as if carried and put there:
Excellent conduct and excellent view. A individual with these two qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.” (Sujato Iti 33)1
“Knowing an individual’s pure mind, the Buddha explained this matter in the mendicants’ presence. If that individual were to die at this time, they’d be reborn in heaven, for their mind is pure. That sort 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.” (Sujato Iti 21)1
- This is an interesting point. At the time of departure, it is seems it is the momentum of kamma that takes one to heaven like a large wave would carry a boat to the shore.
See also:
Have ten qualities:
Someone with ten qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there. What ten?
It’s when a certain person gives up killing living creatures. They renounce the rod and the sword. They’re scrupulous and kind, living full of sympathy for all living beings.
They give up stealing. They don’t, with the intention to commit theft, take the wealth or belongings of others from village or wilderness.
They give up sexual misconduct. They don’t have sexual relations with women who have their mother, father, both mother and father, brother, sister, relatives, or clan as guardian. They don’t have sexual relations with a woman who is protected on principle, or who has a husband, or whose violation is punishable by law, or even one who has been garlanded as a token of betrothal.
They give up lying. They’re summoned to a council, an assembly, a family meeting, a guild, or to the royal court, and asked to bear witness: ‘Please, my friend, say what you know.’ Not knowing, they say ‘I don’t know.’ Knowing, they say ‘I know.’ Not seeing, they say ‘I don’t see.’ And seeing, they say ‘I see.’ So they don’t deliberately lie for the sake of themselves or another, or for some trivial worldly reason.
They give up backbiting. They don’t repeat in one place what they heard in another so as to divide people against each other. Instead, they reconcile those who are divided and support those who are united, delighting in harmony, loving harmony, speaking words that promote harmony.
They give up harsh speech. They speak in a way that’s mellow, pleasing to the ear, lovely, going to the heart, polite, likable and agreeable to the people.
They give up talking nonsense. Their words are timely, true, and meaningful, in line with the teaching and training. They say things at the right time which are valuable, reasonable, succinct, and beneficial.
They’re content. They don’t covet the wealth and belongings of others: ‘Oh, if only their belongings were mine!’
They have a kind heart and loving intentions: ‘May these sentient beings live free of enmity and ill will, untroubled and happy!’
They have right view, an undistorted perspective: ‘There is meaning in giving, sacrifice, and offerings. There are fruits and results of good and bad deeds. There is an afterlife. There are such things as mother and father, and beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there are ascetics and brahmins who are rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describe the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’ (Sujato AN 10.211)
- They give up
- Killing living creatures (pāṇātipāta)
- Does this include non-conscious life?
- Stealing
- Sexual misconduct
- Lying
- Backbiting
- Harsh speech
- Talking nonsense
- They’re
8. Content
9. Kind hearted
10. Have right views
“I shall teach you rebirth by choice…
Furthermore, take a mendicant who has faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom. And they’ve heard: ‘The gods of the four great kings … the gods of the thirty-three … the gods of Yama … the joyful gods … the gods who love to create … the gods who control what is created by others 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 gods who control what is created by others!’ They settle on that thought, stabilize it, and develop it. Those choices and meditations of theirs, developed and cultivated like this, lead to rebirth there. This is the path and the practice that leads to rebirth there.” (Sujato MN 120)
TODO
- Fix quotation marks in quotes. Speech attributed to the Buddha is usually enclosed.
- Check if referenced passages have parallels
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