Soreyya - Dhammapada
Dhammapada Verse 043 The Story of Soreyya Na tam mata pita kayira anne vapi ca nataka sammapanihitam cittam seyyaso** naim tato kare. seyyaso: still better; here it means much better service; because it (the rightly-directed mind) can lead one to the well-being of a man and of a deva and even to the realization of Nibbana. Not a mother, nor a father, nor any other relative, can do more for the well-being of one, than a rightly-directed mind can. While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered this Verse, with reference to Soreyya, the son of a rich man of Soreyya city. On one occasion, Soreyya accompanied by a friend and some attendants was going out in a luxurious carriage for a bath. At that moment, Thera Mahakaccayana was adjusting his robes outside the city, as he was going into the city of Soreyya for alms-food. The youth Soreyya, seeing the golden complexion of the thera, thought, "How I wish the thera were my wife, or else that the complexion o...