remains in the effluent-free awareness-release & discernment-release, having directly known & realized it for himself right in the here & now: This is oneâs great benefactor. "These three persons, monks, are oneâs great benefactors. And I tell you: One has no other benefactor greater than these three. And I tell you, too, that itâs not easy for one to repay these three benefactors by bowing down, by rising up in greeting, by raising oneâs hands palm-to-palm in front of the heart, by performing services in line with seniority, or by presenting them with robes, almsfood, lodging, or medicinal requisites used for curing the sick." See also: SN 22:59; SN 56:11; AN 2:31–32; AN 3:115 - --> - - - -