8.
The Discourse on the Good Person
38.
"A good person, monks, being born in a family, exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of many people -
he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of mother and father; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of children and wife; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of slaves, workmen and servants; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of friends and colleagues; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of deceased spirits; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the king; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of deities; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of ascetics and brahmins.
"Just as, monks, a great rain cloud, bringing forth all the crops, exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of many people; so too, monks, a good person, being born in a family, exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of many people - he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of mother and father; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of children and wife; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of slaves, workmen and servants; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of friends and colleagues; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of deceased spirits; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the king; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of deities; he exists for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of ascetics and brahmins."
Mother and father first, unwearied day and night.
The homeless ones gone forth, he honours the practitioners of the holy life.
Beneficial to the king, beneficial to the gods, beneficial to relatives and friends.
Having removed the stain of stinginess, he attains a safe world." The eighth.