[1508] "Do not fear, Mahānāma! Do not fear, Mahānāma! Your death will not be a bad one (apāpaka); your passing away will not be a bad one. Whoever, Mahānāma, has a mind (citta) long developed with faith (saddhā), a mind developed with virtue (sīla), a mind developed with learning (suta), a mind developed with generosity (cāga), a mind developed with wisdom (paññā) — as for this body of his, possessed of form, composed of the four great elements (cātumahābhūtika), born of mother and father, built up from boiled rice and porridge, subject by nature to impermanence, to being anointed and massaged, to breaking apart and dispersal: right here crows devour it, or vultures devour it, or hawks devour it, … or dogs devour it, or jackals devour it, or various kinds of living creatures devour it. But his mind, long developed with faith, developed with virtue, learning, generosity, and wisdom — that goes upward, goes to distinction."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.