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VÂSETTHASUTTA.
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45. Whosoever has passed over this quagmire difficult to pass, (who has passed over) revolution (samsâra) and folly, who has crossed over, who has reached the other shore, who is meditative, free from desire and doubt, calm without seizing (upon anything), him I call a Brâhmana.
(638) 46. 'Whosoever in this world, after abandoning sensual pleasures, wanders about houseless, and has destroyed the existence of sensual pleasures (kâmabhava), him I call a Brâhmana. (639)
47. “Whosoever in this world, after abandoning desire, wanders about houseless, and has destroyed the existence of desire (tanhâbhava), him I call a Brâhmana.
.(640) 48. Whosoever, after leaving human attachment (yoga), has overcome divine attachment, and is liberated from all attachment, him I call a Brâh- , mana.
1 (641) 49. 'The man that, after leaving pleasure and disgust, is calm and free from the elements of existence (nirupadhi), who is a hero, and has conquered all the world, him I call a Brâhmana.
(642) 50. Whosoever knows wholly the vanishing and reappearance of beings, does not cling to (anything), is happy (sugata), and enlightened, him I call a Brâhmana.
51. 'The man whose way neither gods nor Gandhabbas nor men know, and whose passions are destroyed, who is a saint, him I call a Brâhmana. (644)
52. “The man for whom there is nothing, neither before nor after nor in the middle, who possesses nothing, and does not seize (upon anything), him I call a Brâhmana.
(645) 53. 'The (man that is undaunted like a) bull, who
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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 |