Is the human realm the only one where conscious moral choice is possible?
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Theyβve followed those teachings by ear, reinforced them by recitation, examined them by the mind, and well comprehended them theoretically.
But they die unmindful and are reborn in one of the orders of gods.
Being happy there, passages of the teaching come back to them.
Memory comes up slowly, but then that being quickly reaches distinction. https://suttacentral.net/an4.191/en/sujato
Not only humans.
It is also evident in that devas from the pure abodes become extinguished there.
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