Numbered Discourses 4.91

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1. Numbered Discourses 4.91
2. 10. Titans
3. Titans
4. “Mendicants, these four people are found in the world.
5. What four?
6. A titan surrounded by titans,
7. a titan surrounded by gods,
8. a god surrounded by titans, and
9. a god surrounded by gods.
10. And how is a person a titan surrounded by titans?
11. It’s when a person is unethical, of bad character, and their followers are the same.
12. That’s how a person is a titan surrounded by titans.
13. And how is a person a titan surrounded by gods?
14. It’s when a person is unethical, of bad character, but their followers are ethical, of good character.
15. That’s how a person is a titan surrounded by gods.
16. And how is a person a god surrounded by titans?
17. It’s when a person is ethical, of good character, but their followers are unethical, of bad character.
18. That’s how a person is a god surrounded by titans.
19. And how is a person a god surrounded by gods?
20. It’s when a person is ethical, of good character, and their followers are the same.
21. That’s how a person is a god surrounded by gods.
22. These are the four people found in the world.”