mn129:30.1 Furthermore, when an astute person is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past good deeds—good conduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them.
mn129:30.2 It is like the shadow of a great mountain peak in the evening as it settles down, rests down, and lays down upon the earth.
mn129:30.3 In the same way, when an astute person is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past good deeds—good conduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them.
mn129:30.4 Then that astute person thinks,
mn129:30.5 ‘Well, I haven’t done bad things, violence and sin.
mn129:30.6 And I have done good and skillful deeds that keep me safe.
mn129:30.7 When I pass away, I’ll go to the place where people who’ve done such things go.’
mn129:30.8 So they don’t sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.
mn129:30.9 This is the third kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life.