--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "societe_bouddhiste_gotama"
<societe_bouddhiste_gotama@...> wrote:

>
> Dear brothers and sisters in the Dhamma,
>
> Not so long ago I've read some sutta in which the Buddha's states

that

> any layman fully convinced in the merits of the Buddha-Dhamma-

Sangha

> is sure to be reborn among the devas, even if he does not attain
> stream entry in this life. This seems to give some canonical

evidence

> for the well known Pure Land (Sukkhavati) claims as to the "faith-
> driven salvation". Unfortunately, I cannot retrieve the before
> mentionned sutta !
>
> If someone has the sutta name, or some other helpful information,

may

> he speak as to dispell my ignorance.
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
> metta,
>
> S.B.G.

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Dear S.B.G (Rob K,Connie, and all),

It is Mahaasamaya Sutta.

2. (latter part),

''Ye kesi Buddha.m sarana.m gataase,
Na te gamissanti apaayabhuumi.

Pahaaya maanusa.m deha.m,
devakaaya.m paripuuressantii'ti.''

'Venerable Sir, those who take the refuge in the Buddha would not
be reborn in the lower destinations.

After discarding humanly body (after death), they would be reborn
in deva worlds''.

With Metta,

Htoo Naing