Khīrasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 428

[428] "Good, good, bhikkhus! It is good that you understand the Dhamma taught by me in this way. This alone, bhikkhus, is the greater: the mother's milk that you have drunk while running on and wandering through this long course — not the water in the four great oceans. For what reason? Bhikkhus, this round of rebirths (saṃsāra) is without discoverable beginning … enough to be liberated." The Fourth.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.