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SN 11.15

Delightful · Rāmaṇeyyakasutta

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Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove. And then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him, “Sir, what is a delightful place?”

Sāvatthiyaṁ 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?

“Shrines in parks and forests, well-made lotus ponds, are not worth a sixteenth part of a delightful human being.

“Ārāmacetyā vanacetyā, pokkharañño sunimmitā; Manussarāmaṇeyyassa, kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ.

Whether in village or wilderness, in a valley or the uplands, wherever the perfected ones live is a delightful place.”

Gāme vā yadi vāraññe, Ninne vā yadi vā thale; Yattha arahanto viharanti, Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan”ti.