sn55.54:7.3 Respectable sir, the gods of Yama …
sn55.54:7.4 the joyful gods …
sn55.54:7.5 the gods who love to create …
sn55.54:7.6 the gods who control what is created by others …
sn55.54:7.7 the gods of the realm of divinity are better than the gods who control what is created by others.
sn55.54:7.8 It would be good to turn your mind away from the gods who control what is created by others and focus it on the gods of the realm of divinity.’
sn55.54:7.9 If they reply,
sn55.54:7.10 ‘I have done so,’ they should say:
sn55.54:7.11 ‘Respectable sir, the realm of divinity is impermanent, not lasting, and included within substantial reality.
sn55.54:7.12 It would be good to turn your mind away from the realm of divinity and apply it to the cessation of substantial reality.’