SN55.1 — Cakkavattirāja Sutta
Connected to Sāvatthī, the Blessed One spoke thus: Disciples, even if a wheel-turning monarch, having ruled over the four continents, upon the breaking up of the body after death, is reborn in a good destination, in the heavenly world, in the company of the gods of the Thirty-Three, and there enjoys himself in the Nandana Grove surrounded by groups of celestial nymphs, indulging in the five kinds of heavenly sensual pleasures, he is not free from hell, not free from the animal realm, not free from the realm of ghosts, not free from the plane of misery, the bad destinations, the lower realms.
However even if a noble disciple sustains himself with alms food and wears ragged robes, if he is endowed with four qualities, he is free from hell, free from the animal realm, free from the realm of ghosts, free from the plane of misery, the bad destinations, the lower realms.
What are these four qualities? Here a noble disciple is endowed with unwavering confidence in the Buddha: Indeed, the Blessed One is an Arahant, perfectly enlightened, accomplished in true knowing and conduct, well-gone, knower of the worlds, incomparable leader of persons to be tamed, teacher of gods and humans, enlightened, blessed.
He is endowed with unwavering confidence in the Dhamma: The Dhamma is well-expounded by the Blessed One, visible here and now, timeless, inviting inspection, leading onwards, to be experienced by the wise for themselves.
He is endowed with unwavering confidence in the Sangha: The Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples is practicing the good way, practicing the straight way, practicing the true way, practicing the proper way, that is, the four pairs of persons, the eight types of individuals; this Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples is worthy of gifts, worthy of hospitality, worthy of offerings, worthy of reverential salutation, the unsurpassed field of merit for the world.
He is endowed with virtues dear to the noble ones, unbroken, untorn, unblemished, unspotted, liberating, praised by the wise, not misapprehended, leading to concentration.
These are the four qualities with which he is endowed. The acquisition of the four continents does not equal a sixteenth part of the acquisition of these four qualities.