Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.132

v2.c27.132

**Pacchābhūmaka Sutta** (=**Mataka Sutta**).—Once, when the Buddha was at the **Pāvārika-ambavana**, **Asibandhakaputta** visits him and asks if he claims to be able to send men heavenwards as do the **Pacchābhūmaka** brahmins. The Buddha explains to him that a man’s destiny depends on the life he leads; no one else can send him to heaven or to a place of suffering.¹