{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn3.12/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn3.12","id":"suttacentral_sn3.12","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn3.12/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Now at that time five kings headed by Pasenadi were amusing themselves, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation, and this discussion came up among them: \u201cWhat\u2019s the best of sensual pleasures?\u201d Some of them said, \u201cSights are the best of sensual pleasures!\u201d Others said, \u201cSounds are best!\u201d Others said, \u201cSmells are best!\u201d Others said, \u201cTastes are best!\u201d Others said, \u201cTouches are best!\u201d Since those kings were unable to persuade each other, King Pasenadi said to them, \u201cCome, good fellows, let\u2019s go to the Buddha and ask him about this. As he answers, so we\u2019ll remember it.\u201d \u201cYes, good fellows,\u201d replied those kings. Then those five kings headed by Pasenadi went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. King Pasenadi reported their conversation to the Buddha, and said, \u201cSir, what\u2019s the best of sensual pleasures?\u201d \u201cGreat king, which kind of sensual stimulation is best is defined by which is most agreeable, I say. The very same sights that are agreeable to some are disagreeable to others. When you\u2019re happy with certain sights, as you\u2019ve got all you wished for, you don\u2019t want any other sight that\u2019s better or finer. For you, those sights are perfect and supreme. The very same sounds \u2026 smells \u2026 tastes \u2026 touches that are agreeable to some are disagreeable to others. When you\u2019re happy with certain touches, as you\u2019ve got all you wished for, you don\u2019t want any other touch that\u2019s better or finer. For you, those touches are perfect and supreme.\u201d Now at that time the lay follower Candana\u1e45galika was sitting in that assembly. Then he rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and said, \u201cI feel inspired to speak, Blessed One! I feel inspired to speak, Holy One!\u201d \u201cThen speak as you feel inspired,\u201d said the Buddha. Then the lay follower Candana\u1e45galika extolled the Buddha in his presence with an appropriate verse: \u201cLike a fragrant pink lotus that blooms at daybreak, its fragrance unfaded\u2014 see A\u1e45g\u012brasa dazzle, bright as the sun in the sky!\u201d Then those five kings clothed Candana\u1e45galika with five upper robes. And Candana\u1e45galika in turn endowed the Buddha with those robes.","title":"Five Kings","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":369}