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I call a person a Brahmin who is free from evil deeds, both in thought, word, and action, and who is restrained and disciplined in all three.
I call a person a Brahmin who wears tattered clothes, is thin, has veins protruding from their body due to severe austerities, and lives alone in the forest, absorbed in meditation.
I call a person a Brahmin who has severed all attachments and bonds, who is free from fear, and who is beyond attachment and possessiveness.
I call a person a Brahmin who endures anger, insults, killing, and imprisonment without any disturbance to their mind, and whose strength lies in forgiveness.
I call a person a Brahmin who is free from anger, virtuous, well-versed in scriptures, disciplined, and has a final body, meaning they are destined for liberation after death.
I call a person a Brahmin who is not attached to pleasures, like water on a lotus leaf or a mustard seed on the tip of a saw.
I call a person a Brahmin who is wise, intelligent, and knows the path and the wrong path, and who has attained the highest truth.
I call a person a Brahmin who is free from violence towards all beings, both mobile and immobile, and who neither kills nor encourages killing.
Comparing the present discussion of Uttaraadhyayanasutra and Dhammapada, it appears that both texts share a similar perspective on the analysis of the virtuous, knowledgeable, and ethical personality of a Brahmin.
We find numerous references to the characteristics of a virtuous Brahmin in Vedic literature. The Shantiparva of the Mahabharata discusses this in various contexts.
In one instance, a scholar of Brahmins describes the characteristics of a Brahmin, stating:
A Brahmin should not desire the pleasures of smell, taste, objects, or ornaments. They should not seek honor, fame, or glory. This is the conduct of a true Brahmin.
One who considers all beings as their own family, who knows the truth that is worth knowing, and who is free from desires, such a Brahmin never dies, meaning they are free from the cycle of birth and death.
When one does not harbor any negative emotions towards any being through their mind, speech, or actions, only then does one attain the state of Brahman or Brahminhood.
Desire is the only bondage in this world, there is no other. One who is free from the bondage of desire...
1. Dhammapada Brahminvaggo 3, 8, 9, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23.