{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.141/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.141","id":"suttacentral_an3.141","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.141/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, I will teach you the three excellent horses and the three excellent people. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cWhat are the three excellent horses? One excellent horse is fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned. Another excellent horse is fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned. While another excellent horse is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned. These are the three excellent horses. What are the three excellent people? One excellent person is fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned. Another excellent person is fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned. While another excellent person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned. And how is an excellent person fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned? It\u2019s when a mendicant, with the ending of the five lower fetters, is reborn spontaneously. They\u2019re extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world. This is how they\u2019re fast, I say. But when asked a question about the teaching or training, they falter without answering. This is how they\u2019re not beautiful, I say. And they don\u2019t receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. This is how they\u2019re not well proportioned, I say. This is how an excellent person is fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned. And how is an excellent person fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned? It\u2019s when a mendicant, with the ending of the five lower fetters, is reborn spontaneously. They\u2019re extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world. This is how they\u2019re fast, I say. When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering. This is how they\u2019re beautiful, I say. But they don\u2019t receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. This is how they\u2019re not well proportioned, I say. This is how an excellent person is fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned. And how is an excellent person fast, beautiful, and well proportioned? It\u2019s when a mendicant, with the ending of the five lower fetters, is reborn spontaneously. They\u2019re extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world. This is how they\u2019re fast, I say. When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering. This is how they\u2019re beautiful, I say. They receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. This is how they\u2019re well proportioned, I say. This is how an excellent person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned. These are the three excellent people.\u201d","title":"Excellent Horses","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":426}