2.33
“Bhikkhus, I say there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which two? One‘s mother and father.
Even if a person were to carry one’s mother on one shoulder and one‘s father on the other shoulder and live for a hundred years, and if they were to attend to them by anointing, massaging, bathing, and rubbing their limbs, even if they were to defecate and urinate right there, still, bhikkhus, they would not have done enough for their parents, nor would they have repaid them.
And even if one were to establish their parents in sovereign authority over this great earth, abounding in wealth and treasures, still, bhikkhus, they would not have done enough for their parents, nor would they have repaid them. Why is that? Because, bhikkhus, parents are of great help to their children; they bring them up, nourish them, and show them the world.
But, bhikkhus, if one encourages, settles, and establishes their unbelieving parents in |experiential confidence::attainment of faith, success in confidence [saddhāsampadā]|, their immoral parents in |being accomplished in ethical conduct::attainment of virtue, moral success [sīlasampadā]|, their stingy parents in |success in charitableness::attainment of generosity [cāgasampadā]|, and their undiscerning parents in |being accomplished in wisdom::attainment of knowledge, success in understanding [paññāsampadā]| — in this way, bhikkhus, one has done enough for their parents and repaid them.”