SN 11.15 · Rāmaṇeyyakasutta
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?”
“Shrines in parks and forests, well-made lotus ponds, are not worth a sixteenth part of a delightful human being.
Whether in village or wilderness, in a valley or the uplands, wherever the perfected ones live is a delightful place.”
Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato · SuttaCentral · CC0
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