To Be Reborn in the Company of the Heavenly Beings of the Gandhabba Order

Here, Monk, someone practices wholesome conduct of body, speech, and mind. He has heard: The heavenly beings of the gandhabba order are long‑lived, beautiful, and abound in happiness. He thinks: Oh, with the breakup of the body, after death, may I be reborn in the company of the heavenly beings of the gandhabba order! Then, with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the heavenly beings of the gandhabba order.

This, Monks, is the cause and reason why someone here, with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in the company of the heavenly beings of the gandhabba order.

(Reference: SN 31.2)

In this Teaching from Gotama Buddha, he shares how through developing one’s life practice based on wholesome bodily, verbal, and mental conduct (i.e. body, speech, and mind), that one can be reborn into the heavenly realm.