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.”