Saṁyutta Nikāya — Discursos Conectados — 11.15 — Delightful

1Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove.

2And 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?”

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

4Whether in village or wilderness,
in a valley or the uplands,
wherever the perfected ones live
is a delightful place.”