The deity Māgadha asks the Buddha how many sources of light there are in the world. The Buddha speaks of five lights, but the Buddha is the best of them.At Sāvatthī. Standing to one side, the god Māgadha addressed the Buddha in verse: “How many lamps are there, to shine their light on the world? We’ve come to ask the Buddha; how are we to understand this?” “There are four lamps in the world, a fifth is not found. The sun shines by day, the moon glows at night, while a fire burns both by day and by night. But a Buddha is the best of lights: this is the supreme radiance.”