The Long Āgama Sūtra 23.75

23.75

佛言：「若如來、至真、等正覺出現於世，有人於佛法中出家修道，眾德悉備，乃至具足三明，滅諸癡冥，具足慧明，所以者何？以不放逸、樂閑靜故，此福最勝。」

The Buddha said, “Suppose a Tathāgata, Arhat, and Completely Awakened One appears in the world, and someone leaves home to cultivate the path of that Buddha’s teaching. This equips him with a variety of virtues … they perfect the three insights, destroy the darkness of ignorance, and possess the illumination of wisdom. Why is that? The merit of this is much greater because they aren’t negligent and happily dwell in seclusion.”