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# Iti 21 · uttaka 21
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/iti-21/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:18:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:52:13.000Z
- Description: Itivuttaka · Iti 21. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Itivuttaka, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:33

*This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:* “Monks, there is the case where a certain person is clear-minded. Having encompassed that mind with \[my\] awareness, I discern, ‘If this person were to die at this instant, then as if he were to be carried off, he would thus be placed in heaven.’ Why is that? Because his mind is clear. It’s because of clear-mindedness that there are cases where some beings–at the break-up of the body, after death–reappear in a heavenly world.”

Knowing the case

of a clear-minded person,

the One Awakened explained its meaning

in the presence of the monks.

If that person

were to die at this instant,

he’d reappear in heaven

because his mind is clear–

as if he were carried off

and placed there.

It’s because of clear-mindedness

that beings go

to a good destination.

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*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Iti/iti21.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*