SN11:15 A Delightful Place
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1At Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove. Then Sakka, lord of the devas, approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, stood to one side, and said to him: "Venerable sir, what is a delightful place?" sn.i.233
The Blessed One:
2v.913 "Shrines in parks and woodland shrines,
Well-constructed lotus ponds:
These are not worth a sixteenth part
Of a delightful human being.
3v.914 "Whether in a village or forest,
In a valley or on the plain—
Wherever the arahants dwell
Is truly a delightful place."
1Sāvatthiyaṁ jetavane. Atha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "Kiṁ nu kho, bhante, bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan"ti?
2"Ārāmacetyā vanacetyā,
pokkharañño sunimmitā;
Manussarāmaṇeyyassa,
kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ.
3Gāme vā yadi vāraññe,
Ninne vā yadi vā thale;
Yattha arahanto vihāranti,
Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan"ti.