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Verse 252 for 9 September, 2026
252. Once while Ananda was dwelling near Kosambi in Ghosita Park, Bhaddaji approached and Ananda asked him: "Good Bhaddaji, what is the highest of sights, the highest of sounds, the highest of joys, the highest of conscious states, the highest becoming?" "There is Brahma who is all-powerful, none are more powerful, all seeing, with great power and dominion. To see Brahma is the highest of sights. There are the gods of radiant splendour in whom joy flows and overflows and who utter a cry of "Joy! Oh joy!" To hear this is the highest of sounds. There are the all-lustrous gods who feel joy but who rejoice in silence, and this is the highest of joys. There are the gods who go to the sphere of nothingness, and this is the highest of conscious states. Then there are the gods who go to the sphere of neither-consciousness-nor-unconsciousness, and this is the highest becoming." "But Bhaddaji, what you say is just the talk of the crowd. Listen, pay attention, and I will speak. If, while one looks, the defilements are destroyed, this is the highest of sights. If, while one rejoices, the defilements are destroyed, this is the highest of joy. If, while one is conscious, the defilements are destroyed, this is the highest of conscious states. If, while one becomes, the defilements are destroyed, this is the highest becoming."
Anguttara Nikaya III.202 ::