sn32.2:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn32.2:1.2 Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:
sn32.2:1.3 “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 gods of the thundercloud host?”
sn32.2:1.4 “Mendicant, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind.
sn32.2:1.5 And they’ve heard:
sn32.2:1.6 ‘The gods of the thundercloud host are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’
sn32.2:1.7 They think:
sn32.2:1.8 ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the gods of the thundercloud host!’
sn32.2:1.9 When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of the thundercloud host.
sn32.2:1.10 This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods of the thundercloud host.”