Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.120–122
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 56.120–122
11. Pañcagatipeyyālavagga
11. Abbreviated Texts on Five Destinations
Tiracchānamanussanirayādisutta
Dying as Animals and Reborn as Humans
… “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye tiracchānayoniyā cutā manussesu paccājāyanti; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye tiracchānayoniyā cutā niraye paccājāyanti …pe… tiracchānayoniyā paccājāyanti …pe… pettivisaye paccājāyanti …pe….
“… the sentient beings who die as animals and are reborn as humans are few, while those who die as animals and are reborn in hell, or the animal realm, or the ghost realm are many.”
Ekavīsatimaṁ.