Ramaneyyaka Sutta

At Savatthi 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?"

[The Blessed One:]


 * "Shrines in parks and woodland shrines,


 * Well-constructed lotus ponds:


 * These are not worth a sixteenth part


 * Of a delightful human being.


 * "Whether in a village or forest,


 * In a valley or on the plain---


 * Wherever the arahants dwell


 * Is truly a delightful place."