Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.126–128
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 56.126–128
11. Pañcagatipeyyālavagga
11. Abbreviated Texts on Five Destinations
Pettimanussanirayādisutta
Dying as Ghosts and Reborn as Humans
… “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye pettivisayā cutā manussesu paccājāyanti; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye pettivisayā cutā niraye paccājāyanti …pe… tiracchānayoniyā paccājāyanti …pe… pettivisaye paccājāyanti …pe….
“… the sentient beings who die as ghosts and are reborn as humans are few, while those who die as ghosts and are reborn in hell, or the animal realm, or the ghost realm are many.”
Sattavīsatimaṁ.