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SN 1.14 Aristocrats

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SN 1.14 - Aristocrats
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Linked Discourses 1.14
2. 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.”