According to Buddhism, there are five great opportunities which are difficult to obtain.

They are:

1. birth as a human being (manussatta-bhava-dullabha),

2. encountering a Buddha (buddhuppada-dullabha),

3. going forth from the life of a layperson and becoming a bhikkhu/bhikkhuni (pabbajita-bhava-dullabha),

4. attaining confidence in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha
(saddha-sampattiyo-dullabha), and

5. hearing the true teaching (saddhamma-savanam atidulla-bha)


(Chiggala Sutta, S.v.456).


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