Category: Buddha’s Teaching

Who, like the moon, unblemished, pure,
is clear and limpid, and in whom
delights in being a consumed,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: He is like the moon at the full – spotless and free of blemishes. He is pure, calm, serene and exceptionally tranquil. He is has got rid of the craving that takes delight in the cycle of existence. That person I declare a true brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 413. Learning The Charm”

Here who’s gone beyond both bonds
to goodness and evil too,
is sorrowless, unsullied, pure
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: If any person in this world has travelled beyond both good and the bad, and the attachments, and if he is without sorrow, and is bereft of blemishes, and is pure, him I describe as a true brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 412. Above Both Good And Evil”

In whom there is no dependence found,
with Final Knowledge freed from doubt,
who’s plunged into the Deathless depths,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: He has no attachments – no attachments can be discovered in him. He has no spiritual doubts due to his right awareness, He has entered the deathless – Nibbana. I describe him, a true brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 411. In Whom There Is No Clinging”

In whom there are no longings found
in this world or the next,
longingless and free from bonds,
that one I call Brahmin True.

Explanation: He has no yearnings either for this world or for the next. He is free from earning and greed. He is disengaged from defilements. Such a person I declare a fine brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 410. A Brahmana Is He Who Is Desireless”

Who in the world will never take
what is not given, long or short,
the great or small, the fair or foul,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: In this world if there is some person who does not take anything that is not given, whether long or short, minute or large or good or bad, him I declare a true brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 409. A Brahmana Is He Who Steals Not”

Who utters speech instructive,
true and gentle too,
who gives offence to none,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: His speech is true. His words are well-meaning, constructive and not harsh. By his words he will not give offence to anyone. Nor will his words provoke people. Such a person I declare a true brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 408. A Brahmana Is He Who Gives Offence To None”

From whomever lust and hate,
conceit, contempt have dropped away,
as mustard seed from a point of a needle,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: His mind does not accept such evils as lust, ill-will, pride and ingratitude. In this, his mind is like a point of a needle that just does not grasp a mustard seed. An individual endowed with such a mind I describe as a brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 407. A Brahmana Is He Who Has Discarded All Passions”

Among the hostile, friendly,
among the violent, cool
detached amidst the passionate,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: Being friendly even among the hostile. Free from hostility, violence and passionate grasping, one emerges a true brahmin. Continue reading “Verse 406. A Brahmana Is He Who Is Friendly Amongst The Hostile”

Who blows to beings has renounced
to trembling ones, to bold,
who causes not to kill nor kills,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: He has discarded the rod and set aside the weapons. He does not hurt neither the frightened, timid beings, nor stubborn, fearless beings. I call that person a brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 405. A Brahmana Is He Who Is Absolutely Harmless”

Aloof alike from laity
and those gone forth to homelessness,
who wanders with no home or wish,
that one I call a Brahmin True.

Explanation: He does not establish extensive contact either with laymen or with the homeless. He is not attached to the way of life of the householder. He is content with the bare minimum of needs. I call that person a true brahmana. Continue reading “Verse 404. A Brahmana Is He Who Has No Intimacy With Any”