Linked Discourses 1.14

1. The Garden of Delight

Aristocrats

“An aristocrat is the best of bipeds,

an ox is the best of quadrupeds,

a maiden is the best of wives,

and a first-born the best of sons.”

“A Buddha is the best of bipeds,

a thoroughbred, the best of quadrupeds,

a good listener is the best of wives,

and the best of sons is loyal.”