Delightful

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.”