[326] Bhikkhus, furthermore, a bhikkhu is endowed with faith, endowed with virtue, endowed with learning, endowed with generosity, and endowed with wisdom. He has heard: 'The Ābhā gods … the Parittābhā gods … the Appamāṇābhā gods … the Ābhassarā gods are long-lived, beautiful, and abounding in happiness.' It occurs to him thus: 'Oh, that at the breaking up of the body, after death, I might be reborn in companionship with the Ābhassarā gods!' He fixes that mind (citta), resolves upon that mind, develops that mind. Those volitional formations (saṅkhārā) and those dwellings (vihāra) of his, thus developed, thus made much of, lead to his rebirth there. This, bhikkhus, is the path, this is the way of practice that leads to rebirth there.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.