“Of all kinds of fragrant heartwood, red sandalwood is said to be the best. …”

“Of all kinds of fragrant flower, jasmine is said to be the best. …”

“All lesser kings are vassals of a wheel-turning monarch, so the wheel-turning monarch is said to be the foremost of them all. …”

Linked Discourses 45.146–148 11. Abbreviated Texts on Diligence The Moon, Etc.

“The radiance of all the stars is not worth a sixteenth part of the moon’s radiance, so the moon’s radiance is said to be the best of them all. …”

“In the autumn, the heavens are sunny and cloudless. And as the sun is rising to the firmament, having dispelled all the darkness of space, it shines and glows and dazzles. …”