<p>In Sutta Nipāta - <a href="https://suttacentral.net/en/snp3.5" rel="nofollow">Māgha Sutta</a> - 3.5. To Māgha on Giving</p>

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  <p>...<br>
  Māgha<br>
  Who can be cleansed, released and Awakened? With what does the
  self to the Brahma-world go? O Sage, when asked reply to me—one who
  doesn’t know— for the Radiant I’ve seen with my eyes as Brahmā today
  and it’s true that you’re the same as Brahmā for us. In the
  Brahma-world, how does one arise, O Refulgent One?</p>
  
  <p>Buddha<br>
  The sacrificiant who achieves triple success in sacrifice,
  achieves their results through such gift-worthy ones; so perfected in
  sacrifice and complying with others’ requests, that one arises, I say,
  within the Brahma-world.<br>
  ...</p>
</blockquote>

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2016-07-04T17:55:53.433Z
Thank you for your answer but this isn't what I was looking for.
Adamokkha
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2016-07-04T14:32:21.843Z
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<p>I'm looking for a sutta in which the Buddha is recalling past lives, including, I believe, lives as the great Brahma, and asks himself on account of what actions he ascended to a position of such great power; he investigates and answers that it was because of three things. I remember two--abstention and giving--but can't remember the third. If anyone knows what passage I am talking about it would be much appreciated.</p>

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Reference request: three types of actions
# Reference request: three types of actions

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-03)

I'm looking for a sutta in which the Buddha is recalling past lives, including, I believe, lives as the great Brahma, and asks himself on account of what actions he ascended to a position of such great power; he investigates and answers that it was because of three things. I remember two--abstention and giving--but can't remember the third. If anyone knows what passage I am talking about it would be much appreciated.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-07-04. Score: 0

In Sutta Nipāta - [Māgha Sutta](https://suttacentral.net/en/snp3.5) - 3.5. To Māgha on Giving

> ...  
> Māgha  
> Who can be cleansed, released and Awakened? With what does the
> self to the Brahma-world go? O Sage, when asked reply to me—one who
> doesn’t know— for the Radiant I’ve seen with my eyes as Brahmā today
> and it’s true that you’re the same as Brahmā for us. In the
> Brahma-world, how does one arise, O Refulgent One?
>
> Buddha  
> The sacrificiant who achieves triple success in sacrifice,
> achieves their results through such gift-worthy ones; so perfected in
> sacrifice and complying with others’ requests, that one arises, I say,
> within the Brahma-world.  
> ...

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you for your answer but this isn't what I was looking for.  

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