Cloud That Rains Everywhere🌱 simile

Three kinds of persons are found in the world - 1.) One like a rainless cloud, 2.) one like a cloud that rains in a certain area, and 3.) one like a cloud that rains everywhere.

Comparing renunciates to archers chosen for skill rather than birth, the Buddha explains to King Pasenadi that gifts bear greatest fruit when given to ethical, fully liberated disciples.

The Buddha likens a person of integrity to a nourishing rain cloud. By practicing generosity and honoring family, friends, and spiritual practitioners, they dispel stinginess and attain an auspicious rebirth.