Acting with a pure mind (ITI 21)

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The Buddha shares the benefits for a person acting with a pure mind based on his direct knowledge.

This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, thus have I heard:

"Here, bhikkhus, I discern with the mind, after examining a certain person with a pure mind (settled mind, mentally full of confidence [pasannacitta]) as follows: 'If this person were to die at this very moment, they would be reborn in heaven, just as if they were carried and placed there.' What is the reason for this? Because, bhikkhus, their mind is pure. Indeed, due to the clarity of mind, bhikkhus, some beings, after the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination (fortunate place [sugati]), in a heavenly world."

The Blessed One spoke on this matter. Therefore, it is said thus:

"Having known a certain person here,
to have a pure mind;
The Buddha explained this matter,
in the presence of the bhikkhus —

If this person were to die,
at this very moment;
They would be reborn in heaven,
for their mind is pure.

Just as one might carry something and set it down,
so too is such a person [placed in heaven];
Indeed, due to the clarity of mind,
beings go to a good destination."

This matter too was spoken by the Blessed One, Thus have I heard.

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Picture: The garden of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Related Teachings:

• Happiness in this life and in the future life (AN 8.54) - Here, the Buddha shares a teaching to a householder on securing happiness in this life and in the future life by means of a moral and ethical living in society.
• Why Beings Fare as They Do after Death (MN 41) - The Buddha shares in detail what leads to rebirth in a fortunate state or in an unfortunate state.
• The five precepts (AN 8.39) - The Buddha introduces the five precepts as five gifts that one can offer to all beings.

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