AN4.34 — Aggappasādasutta
Disciples, there are these four supreme confidences. What are the four? Insofar as there are beings, whether footless, two-footed, four-footed, or many-footed, with form or formless, conscious or non-conscious, or neither-conscious-nor-non-conscious, the Tathāgata is declared the foremost among them, being the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One. Those who have confidence in the Buddha have confidence in the highest. For those who have confidence in the highest, the highest result is obtained.
Insofar as there are conditioned phenomena, the Noble Eightfold Path is declared the foremost among them. Those who have confidence in the Noble Eightfold Path have confidence in the highest. For those who have confidence in the highest, the highest result is obtained.
Insofar as there are phenomena, whether conditioned or unconditioned, dispassion is declared the foremost among them, which is the crushing of intoxication, the removal of thirst, the uprooting of attachment, the cessation of the cycle, the destruction of craving, dispassion, cessation, Nibbāna. Those who have confidence in the Dhamma of dispassion have confidence in the highest. For those who have confidence in the highest, the highest result is obtained.
Insofar as there are assemblies or groups, the assembly of the Tathāgata's disciples is declared the foremost among them, which consists of four pairs of persons, eight individuals. This is the assembly of the Blessed One's disciples, worthy of offerings, worthy of hospitality, worthy of gifts, worthy of reverential salutation, the unsurpassed field of merit for the world. Those who have confidence in the Saṅgha have confidence in the highest. For those who have confidence in the highest, the highest result is obtained.
These are the four supreme confidences.
For those who have confidence in the highest, who understand the supreme Dhamma; for those who have confidence in the Buddha, the supreme, worthy of offerings; for those who have confidence in the Dhamma, in the dispassion, in the peace, in the happiness; for those who have confidence in the Saṅgha, the supreme field of merit.
For those who give gifts to the highest, supreme merit increases; supreme life, beauty, fame, happiness, and strength. The wise giver to the supreme, concentrated in the supreme Dhamma, whether becoming a deva or a human, rejoices in the supreme attainment.