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12. The worshipping of their own Dhamma is as great as their praise of their own ways; all schools would be in the same case, for their purity is individual 1.
(906) 13. There is nothing about a Brâhmana dependent upon others, nothing amongst the Dhammas which he would embrace after investigation; therefore he has overcome the disputes, for he does not regard any other Dhamma as the best. (907)
14. I understand, I see likewise this,' so saying, some by (their philosophical) views return to purity. If he saw purity, what then (has been effected) by another's view ? Having conquered they say that purity exists by another 2. (?)
(908) 15. A seeing man will see name and form, and having seen he will understand those (things); let him at pleasure see much or little, for the expert do not say that purity exists by that. (909)
16. A dogmatist is no leader to purity, being guided by prejudiced views, saying that good consists in what he is given to, and saying that purity is there, he saw the thing so 3.
(910) 17. A Brâhmana does not enter time, (or) the
1 Sadhammapūgâ ka panâ tath' eva
Yathâ pasamsanti sakâyanâni, Sabbe pavâdâ tath' ivâ bhaveyyum
Suddhî hi nesam pakkattam eva. · Gânâmi passâmi tath' eva etam
ditthiyâ eke pakkenti suddhim Addakkhi ke kim hi tumassa tena
Atisitvâ aññena vadanti suddhim. 8 Nivissavâdî na hi suddhinâyo
Pakappitâ ditthi purekkharâno Yam nissito tattha subham vadano Suddhim vado tattha, tath' addasâ so.
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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 |