Aṅguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
XII. Āpāyika Vagga

III. The Book of the Threes

XII. The Downfall

Sutta 112

Dullabha Suttaṃ

Hard to Find

 

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Thus have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī.

There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied,
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, the appearance of three persons
is hard to find in the world.

What three?

The appearance of a Tathāgata,
an Arahant who is a Fully Enlightened One
is hard to be found in the world.

The appearance of a person
who can expound the Dhamma-Discipline
taught by the Tathāgata
is hard to be found in the world.

The appearance of a person
who is mindful and grateful
is hard to be found in the world.

These are the three persons
hard to find in the world."