Reading guide
The last individually numbered set
This project's own reading ahead, confirmed by direct bilara-data listing: this is the final discourse before this vagga's own remaining twenty-seven items (covering the human-to-god comparison and all remaining origin-points) are compressed into nine merged files, SN 56.105 through SN 56.130.
Key terms
appakā te sattā ye manussā cutā manussesu paccājāyanti — “the sentient beings who die as humans and are reborn as humans are few” — the rare category, identical across SN 56.102-104
pettivisaye paccājāyanti — “reborn as ghosts, in the ghost realm” — the common category, giving this discourse its own title
pettivisaya — “the ghost realm” — the third and final unfavorable destination named across this human-origin set
… — the elision marking, standing in for the causal explanation and fingernail demonstration already assumed from earlier discourses
tatiyaṁ — “the third” — this discourse's own root text confirming its own position directly, read rather than assumed
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source, which itself preserves the elision. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“… the sentient beings who die as humans and are reborn as humans are few, while those who die as humans and are reborn in the ghost realm are many …”
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Self-check quiz
3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 3
What does this discourse claim about rebirth as a ghost after a human life?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — completing the three-part set begun at SN 56.102.
Question 2 of 3
What structural transition does this project's own reading ahead confirm follows this discourse?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct bilara-data listing of the vagga's own remaining structure.
Question 3 of 3
What position does this discourse occupy in this vagga's own sequence?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of the sequence's own order, following SN 56.103.