48. The householder Nakulapitā and his wife Nakulamātā came to see the Lord and having sat down, Nakulapitā said: “Lord, since my wife was brought home to me when I was a mere boy, she being a mere girl, I have not been unfaithful to her even in thought, much less in body. Lord, we desire to behold each other, not just in this life, but in the next life also.”
Then Nakulamātā said: “Lord, since I was brought to my husband’s house when I was a mere girl, he being a mere boy, I have not been unfaithful to him even in thought, much less in body. Lord, we desire to behold each other, not just in this life, but in the next life also.”
At this, the Lord said: “If both husband and wife desire to behold each other in both this life and the next life too, and both are equal in faith, equal in virtue, equal in generosity and equal in wisdom, then they will behold each other in this life and the next life also.”
A.II,61 (AN 4.55)
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