“Mendicants, these four people are found in the world. What four?

A titan surrounded by titans,
a titan surrounded by gods,
a god surrounded by titans, and
a god surrounded by gods.

And how is a person a titan surrounded by titans? It’s when a person is unethical, of bad character, and their followers are the same. That’s how a person is a titan surrounded by titans.

And how is a person a titan surrounded by gods? It’s when a person is unethical, of bad character, but their followers are ethical, of good character. That’s how a person is a titan surrounded by gods.

And how is a person a god surrounded by titans? It’s when a person is ethical, of good character, but their followers are unethical, of bad character. That’s how a person is a god surrounded by titans.

And how is a person a god surrounded by gods? It’s when a person is ethical, of good character, and their followers are the same. That’s how a person is a god surrounded by gods.

These are the four people found in the world.”

The Numbered Discourses

|_【4】 The Book of the Fours

|__B. The Second Fifty

|___V. The Chapter on Demons

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