What did the Buddha mean in AN 5.38 with the fifth benefit to a person of faith?
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What did the Buddha mean in AN 5.38. when he said:
> “Mendicants, a faithful gentleman gets five benefits. What five?
> The good persons in the world show compassion first to the faithful, not so much to the unfaithful. They first approach the
> faithful, not so much the unfaithful. They first receive alms from
> the faithful, not so much the unfaithful. They first teach Dhamma
> to the faithful, not so much the unfaithful. **When their body breaks
> up, after death, the faithful are reborn in a good place, a heavenly
> realm.** A faithful gentleman gets these five benefits.
Emphasis mine.
I am trying to discern what this means with reference to the answers for the word upapajjati in this question which discussed the meaning of the word which is being translated here. Also, what did the Buddha mean when referring to the "break up of the body, after death" and has that been correctly translated?
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Apr 5, 2021, 11:40 PM
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