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VÂSETTHASUTTA.
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tinguished, wealthy Brâhmanas lived at Ikkhânamkala, as the Brâhmana Kamkin, the Brâhmana Târukkha, the Brâhmana Pokkharasâti, the Brâhmana Gânussoni, the Brâhmana Todeyya, and other distinguished, wealthy Brâhmanas.
Then this dialogue arose between the young men Vâsettha and Bhâradvâga while walking about:
'How does one become a Brâhmana ?'
The young man Bhâradvâga said : When one is noble by birth on both sides, on the mother's and on the father's side, of pure conception up to the seventh generation of ancestors, not discarded and not reproached in point of birth, in this way one is a Brâhmana.'
The young man Vâsettha said: “When one is virtuous and endowed with (holy) works, in this way he is a Brâhmana.'
Neither could the young man Bhâradvâga convince the young man Vâsettha, nor could the young man Vâsettha convince the young man Bhâradvâga. Then the young man Vâsettha addressed the young man Bhâradvâga: 'O Bhâradvâga, this Samana Gotama, the Sakya son, gone out from the Sakya family, dwells at Ikkhânamkala, in the forest of Ikkhânamkala, and the following good praising words met the venerable Gotama : “And so he is Bhagavat, the venerable, the enlightened, the glorious, let us go, O venerable Bharadväga, let us go (to the place where the Samana Gotama is, and having gone there let us ask the Samana Gotama about this matter, and as the Samana Gotama replies so will we understand it.”).
Very well, O venerable one;' so the young man Bhâradvâga answered the young man Vâsettha.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |