Category: Buddha’s Teaching

Who so does know of former lives
and sees the states of bliss and woe
and then who’s reached the end of births,
a sage supreme with wisdom keen,
complete in all accomplishments,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: He knows his former existences. He has the capacity to see heaven and hell – states of ecstasy and states of woe. He has ended the cycle of existences. He has his higher awareness. He has reached the state of a sage. He has achieved the final perfection. Him I describe as a brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 423. The Giver And Receiver Of Alms”

One noble, most excellent, heroic too,
great sage and one who conquers all,
who’s faultless, washed, one Awake,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: He is a great sage as he has realized the essentials. He has conquered death. He is devoid of blemishes. He has washed away all evil. He has awakener to the essentials. That person, I describe as a brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 422. He Who Is Rid Of Defilements”

That one who’s free of everything
that’s past, that’s present, yet to be,
who nothing owns, who’s unattached,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: Their path, neither gods, nor spirits, nor humans can fathom. Their taints are totally eradicated. They have attained the higher spiritual state. This person I declare a brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 421. He Yearns For Nothing”

Whos destination is unknown
to humans, spirits or to gods,
pollutions stayed, an Arahant,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: Their path, neither gods, nor spirits, nor humans can fathom. Their taints are totally eradicated. They have attained the higher spiritual state. This person I declare a brahmana.

The Story of the Skull-Tapper (Verses 419 & 420)

Who knows how clutching creatures die
to reappear in many a mode,
unclutching then, sublime, Awake,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: He knows the death and birth of beings in every way. He is not attached to either birth or death. He has arrived at the proper destination. He possesses the knowledge of the essences. This person I describe as a brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 419. Diviner Of Rebirth”

Abandoned boredom and delight,
become quite cool and assetless,
a hero, All-worlds-Conqueror,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: He has given up lust. He has also given up his disgust for the practice of meditation. This way, he is both lustful and lustres. He has achieved total tranquillity. He is devoid of the blemishes that soil the hand. He has conquered all the world and is full of effort. I call that person a brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 418. The Person Whose Mind Is Cool”

Abandoned all human bonds
and gone beyond the bonds of gods,
unbound one is from every bond,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: He has given up the bonds that bind him to humanity. He has gone beyond the bonds of attachment to life in heaven as well. This way, he is disengaged from all bonds. I declare such a person a brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 417. Beyond All Bonds”

Who has abandoned lusting here
as homeless one renouncing all,
with lust and being quite consumed,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: In this world, he has taken to the life of a wandering ascetic. He has got rid of the craving to continue the cycle of existence. I describe that person as a true brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 416. The Miracle Rings”

Who has abandoned lusting here
as homeless one renouncing all,
with lust and being quite consumed,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: Rejecting pleasure, homeless he goes to life’s journey’s end. Him, I call a Brahmin True. Continue reading “Verse 415. Freed From Temptation”

Who’s passed this difficult path,
delusion’s bond, the wandering-on,
who’s crossed beyond , contemplative,
uncraving with no questioning doubt,
no clinging’s fuel so cool become,
that one I call a Brahmin true.

Explanation: He has crossed over the quagmire of passion. He has gone beyond the difficult terrain of blemishes, that is hard to traverse and has crossed the cycle of existence. He is fully and totally reached the other shore. He is a meditator and is bereft of craving. His spiritual doubts are resolved. He is no longer given to grasping. He is cooled. Such a person I describe as a true brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 414. The Tranquil Person”