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The Discourse on Being Very Helpful
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"Monks, these three persons are very helpful to another person.
Which three?
Monks, the person thanks to whom another has gone for refuge to the Buddha, has gone for refuge to the Teaching, and has gone for refuge to the Community.
This person is very helpful to the other person.
"Furthermore, monks, the person thanks to whom another understands as it really is: 'This is suffering'; understands as it really is: 'This is the origin of suffering'; understands as it really is: 'This is the cessation of suffering'; understands as it really is: 'This is the practice leading to the cessation of suffering'. This person is very helpful to the other person.
"Furthermore, monks, the person thanks to whom another, through the elimination of the mental corruptions, realises by his own direct knowledge, in this very life, the liberation of mind and the liberation by wisdom that are free from mental corruptions and, having entered upon them, dwells in them. This person is very helpful to the other person. Monks, these three persons are very helpful to another person.
"And I say, monks, that there is no one more helpful to another person than these three persons. I say too, monks, that it is not easy for a person to repay these three persons by paying homage to them, rising up in respect, salutating with joined palms, doing the proper duties, and by providing robes, almsfood, lodging, and requisites of medicine for the sick." The fourth.