This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, I’ve seen beings who engaged in good conduct of body, speech, and mind, who did not abuse the noble ones, who held right view and acted accordingly. At the breaking up of the body, after death, they were reborn in a good destination, a heaven world.
Now, I don’t say this because I’ve heard it from some other ascetic or brahmin. I only say it because I’ve known, seen, and realized it for myself.”
That is what the Buddha said. On this it is said:
“When the mind has been directed right,
and words rightly spoken,
and right bodily deeds have been done,
a person herelearned, doer of good deeds,
though their life may be short,
when their body breaks up,
that wise person is reborn in heaven.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
Read this translation of Itivuttaka 71 Sammādiṭṭhikasutta: Having Right View by Bhikkhu Sujato on SuttaCentral.net. Or read a different translation on SuttaCentral.net, SuttaFriends.org, or DhammaTalks.org. Or listen on Voice.SuttaCentral.net.