dhp383:0.1Minor Collection
dhp383:0.2Sayings of the Dhamma 383–423
dhp383:0.326. Brahmins
dhp383:1Cut the stream, striving!
dhp383:2Cast aside sensual pleasures, brahmin.
dhp383:3Knowing the ending of conditions,
dhp383:4know the uncreated, brahmin.
dhp384:1When a brahmin has gone beyond
dhp384:2dualistic phenomena,
dhp384:3then they consciously
dhp384:4make an end of all fetters.
dhp385:1One for whom there is no crossing over
dhp385:2or crossing back, or crossing over and back;
dhp385:3stress-free, detached,
dhp385:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp386:1Absorbed, rid of hopes,
dhp386:2their task completed, without defilements,
dhp386:3arrived at the highest goal:
dhp386:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp387:1The sun blazes by day,
dhp387:2the moon radiates at night,
dhp387:3the aristocrat shines in armor,
dhp387:4and the brahmin shines in absorption.
dhp387:5But all day and all night,
dhp387:6the Buddha blazes with glory.
dhp388:1A brahmin’s so-called since they’ve banished evil,
dhp388:2an ascetic’s so-called since they live a serene life.
dhp388:3One who has renounced all stains
dhp388:4is said to be a “renunciant”.
dhp389:1One should never strike a brahmin,
dhp389:2nor should a brahmin retaliate.
dhp389:3Woe to the one who hurts a brahmin,
dhp389:4and woe for the one who retaliates.
dhp390:1Nothing is better for a brahmin
dhp390:2than to hold their mind back from attachment.
dhp390:3From wherever a cruel wish recoils,
dhp390:4right there suffering subsides.
dhp391:1Who does nothing wrong
dhp391:2by body, speech or mind,
dhp391:3restrained in these three respects,
dhp391:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp392:1You should graciously honor
dhp392:2the one from whom you learn the Dhamma
dhp392:3taught by the awakened Buddha,
dhp392:4as a brahmin honors the sacred flame.
dhp393:1Not by matted hair or family,
dhp393:2or birth is one a brahmin.
dhp393:3Those who are truthful and principled:
dhp393:4they are pure, they are brahmins.
dhp394:1Why the matted hair, you simpleton,
dhp394:2and why the skin of deer?
dhp394:3The tangle is inside you,
dhp394:4yet you polish up your outsides.
dhp395:1A personage who wears robes of rags,
dhp395:2lean, their limbs showing veins,
dhp395:3meditating alone in the forest,
dhp395:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp396:1I don’t call someone a brahmin
dhp396:2after the mother’s womb they’re born from.
dhp396:3If they still have attachments,
dhp396:4they’re just someone who says “worthy”.
dhp396:5Having nothing, taking nothing:
dhp396:6that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp397:1Having cut off all fetters
dhp397:2they have no anxiety.
dhp397:3They’ve slipped their chains and are detached:
dhp397:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp398:1They’ve cut the strap and harness,
dhp398:2the halter and bridle too,
dhp398:3with cross-bar lifted, they’re awakened:
dhp398:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp399:1Abuse, killing, caging:
dhp399:2they endure these without anger.
dhp399:3Patience is their powerful army:
dhp399:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp400:1Not irritable or pretentious,
dhp400:2dutiful in precepts and observances,
dhp400:3tamed, bearing their final body:
dhp400:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp401:1Like water from a lotus leaf,
dhp401:2like a mustard seed off the point of a pin,
dhp401:3sensual pleasures slip off them:
dhp401:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp402:1They understand for themselves
dhp402:2the end of suffering in this life;
dhp402:3with burden put down, detached:
dhp402:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp403:1Deep in wisdom, intelligent,
dhp403:2expert in the path and what is not the path;
dhp403:3arrived at the highest goal:
dhp403:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp404:1Mixing with neither
dhp404:2householders nor the homeless;
dhp404:3a migrant with no bastion, few in wishes:
dhp404:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp405:1They’ve laid aside violence
dhp405:2against creatures firm and frail;
dhp405:3not killing or making others kill:
dhp405:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp406:1Not fighting among those who fight,
dhp406:2quenched among those who have taken up arms,
dhp406:3not grasping among those who grasp:
dhp406:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp407:1They’ve discarded greed and hate,
dhp407:2along with conceit and contempt,
dhp407:3like a mustard seed off the point of a pin:
dhp407:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp408:1The words they utter
dhp408:2are polished, informative, and true,
dhp408:3and don’t offend anyone:
dhp408:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp409:1They don’t steal anything in the world,
dhp409:2long or short,
dhp409:3tiny or huge, beautiful or ugly:
dhp409:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp410:1They have no hope
dhp410:2in this world or the next;
dhp410:3with no need for hope, detached:
dhp410:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp411:1They have no clinging,
dhp411:2knowledge has freed them of indecision,
dhp411:3they’ve arrived at the objective, freedom from death:
dhp411:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp412:1They’ve escaped the chain
dhp412:2of both good and bad deeds;
dhp412:3sorrowless, stainless, pure:
dhp412:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp413:1Pure as the spotless moon,
dhp413:2clear and unclouded,
dhp413:3they’ve ended relish for rebirth:
dhp413:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp414:1They’ve got past this grueling swamp
dhp414:2of delusion, transmigration.
dhp414:3Meditating in stillness, free of indecision,
dhp414:4they have crossed over to the far shore.
dhp414:5They’re quenched by not grasping:
dhp414:6that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp415:1They’ve given up sensual pleasures,
dhp415:2and have gone forth from lay life;
dhp415:3they’ve ended rebirth in the sensual realm:
dhp415:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp416:1They’ve given up craving,
dhp416:2and have gone forth from lay life;
dhp416:3they’ve ended craving to be reborn:
dhp416:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp416:5.1They’ve given up craving,
dhp416:6and have gone forth from lay life;
dhp416:7they’ve ended craving to be reborn:
dhp416:8that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp417:1They’ve thrown off the human yoke,
dhp417:2and slipped out of the heavenly yoke;
dhp417:3unyoked from all yokes:
dhp417:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp418:1Giving up desire and discontent,
dhp418:2they’re cooled and free of attachments;
dhp418:3a hero, master of the whole world:
dhp418:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp419:1They know the passing away
dhp419:2and rebirth of all beings;
dhp419:3unattached, holy, awakened:
dhp419:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp420:1Gods, centaurs, and humans
dhp420:2don’t know their destiny;
dhp420:3the perfected ones with defilements ended:
dhp420:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp421:1They have nothing before or after,
dhp421:2or even in between.
dhp421:3Having nothing, taking nothing:
dhp421:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp422:1Captain of the herd, excellent hero,
dhp422:2great seer and victor;
dhp422:3unstirred, washed, awakened:
dhp422:4that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp423:1One who knows their past lives,
dhp423:2sees heaven and places of loss,
dhp423:3and has attained the end of rebirth;
dhp423:4a sage of perfect insight
dhp423:5at the summit of spiritual perfection:
dhp423:6that’s who I declare a brahmin.
dhp423:57The Sayings of the Dhamma are complete.