Friends:
Doing Excellent Good & no evil produces Divine Rebirth!
Whoever is never looking only for his own comfort & who does not
enjoy
his house, job, & social status, this one as chief of planets will
be reborn
at the level of the Maharajika gods. Whoever venerates mother,
father,
clan elders and recluses, is charitable, patient and takes no
pleasure in
quarrelling will be reborn among the Thirty-three gods. Whoever
neither
like dispute, nor engage in quarrels, but only cherish
righteousness go to
the Yama gods. Those who are very learned, who know Dhamma by
heart,
are very wise, longing for release, completely content with the
virtue of
pure morality goes to the Tusita gods. Those who spontaneously are
based
on right behaviour, giving, and monastic discipline, and are full
of effort,
inevitably go to the Nimmanarati gods. Those who are of superior
virtue,
are open-minded and devoted to giving, self-control and mental
refinery
will be reborn among the Paranimitta gods. One attains to the
Tavatimsa
heaven by right conduct, to the blessing of Brahmas fine material
world
by jhana meditation and to Nibbana by knowing things as they
really are.
The fruit of ones behaviour is pleasant or unpleasant. Pleasing
behaviour
produce a comfortable future state, while unpleasant behaviour has
pain
and suffering as future effect. These 3 should be reflected much
upon:
Death, disease, decay and old age, separation from all one likes,
and the
inevitable fruit of each particular type of action. Thus will one
gradually
reach the destruction of greed. Whoever is free from greed,
progresses
to performing much merit! Thus one discards all evil. You must all
listen
carefully to this summary. This has been explained by the Great
Seer!
Doing what is beneficial for others & avoiding what is harmful to
others
is advantageous action, while detrimental action is doing the
opposite...
Five rebirth-destinations as god, human, ghost, animal, or hell
being have
been explained by Buddha himself to be the possible states of
existence!
Source (edited extract):
Pańcagatidipani by Ashvaghosa & Saddhammaghosa: 11-12th century
AC.
Tr. by Ann A. Hazlewood. Journal of the Pali Text Society. Vol. XI
1987:
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=13271
More details on the various Divine Rebirth Destinations:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... ajikaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... atimsa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/y/yaamaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/t/tusita.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... narati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... avatti.htm
On The Thirty-one Planes of Existence:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html
Divine Rebirth!
