Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
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

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MAHÂVAGGA.
35. 'The man who does not mix with householders nor with the houseless, who wanders about without a house, and who has few wants, him I call a Brâhmana.
(628) 36. 'Whosoever, after refraining from hurting (living) creatures, (both) those that tremble and those that are strong, does not kill or cause to be killed, him I call a Brâhmana.
(629). 37. . The man who is not hostile amongst the hostile, who is peaceful amongst the violent, not seizing (upon anything) amongst those that seize (upon everything), him I call a Brahmana. (630)
38. 'The man whose passion and hatred, arrogance and hypocrisy have dropt like a mustard seed from the point of a needle, him I call a Brâhmana. (631)
39. “The man that utters true speech, instructive and free from harshness, by which he does not offend any one, him I call a Brâhmana. (632)
40. Whosoever in the world does not take what has not been given to him), be it long or short, small or large, good or bad, him I call a Brâhmana.
(633) 41. 'The man who has no desire for this world or the next, who is desireless and liberated, him I call a Brâhmana.
(634) 42. 'The man who has no desire, who knowingly is free from doubt, and has attained the depth of immortality, him I call a Brâhmana. (635)
43. Whosoever in this world has overcome good and evil, both ties, who is free from grief and defilement, and is pure, him I call a Brâhmana. (636)
44. The man that is stainless like the moon, pure, serene, and undisturbed, who has destroyed joy, him I call a Brâhmana.
(637)
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