SN 11:15 · A Delightful Place (Rāmaṇeyyaka Sutta)
On one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then Sakka the deva-king went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, stood to one side. As he was standing there, he said to the Blessed One, “What, lord, is a delightful place?”
The Buddha:
“Park shrines, forest shrines,
well-constructed lotus ponds
aren’t worth one-sixteenth
of a delightful human being.
Note
1. This second verse = Dhp 98.
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
