Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, though he has
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Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, though he has committed no
offence, endures reproach, bonds, and stripes, who has endurance for
his force, and strength for his army
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Him I call indeed a Brahmana who in this world
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who in this world is above good and evil, above the bondage of both, free from grief from sin, and from impurity ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who in this world,
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who in this world, leaving all desires, travels about without a home, and in whom all concupiscence is extinct ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is bright like
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is bright like the moon, pure, serene, undisturbed, and in whom all gaiety is extinct ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is free from
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is free from anger, dutiful, virtuous, without appetite, who is subdued, and has received his last body ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is tolerant with
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is tolerant with the intolerant, mild with fault-finders, and free from passion among the passionate ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who keeps aloof both
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who keeps aloof both from laymen and from mendicants, who frequents no houses, and has but few desires ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who knows the destruction
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who knows the destruction and the return of beings everywhere, who is free from bondage, welfaring (Sugata), and awakened (Buddha) ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who takes nothing in
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who takes nothing in the world that is not given him, be it long or short, small or large, good or bad ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who utters true speech,
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who utters true speech, instructive and free from harshness, so that he offend no one ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, after leaving all
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, after leaving all bondage to men, has risen above all bondage to the gods, and is free from all and every bondage ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, even here, knows
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, even here, knows the end of his suffering, has put down his burden, and is unshackled ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, leaving all longings,
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, leaving all longings, travels about without a home, and in whom all covetousness is extinct ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, though he has
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, though he has committed no offence, endures reproach, bonds, and stripes, who has endurance for his force, and strength for his army ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana whose knowledge is deep,
Him I call indeed a Brahmana whose knowledge is deep, who possesses wisdom, who knows the right way and the wrong, and has attained the highest end ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana whose path the gods
Him I call indeed a Brahmana whose path the gods do not know, nor spirits (Gandharvas), nor men, whose passions are extinct, and who is an Arhat (venerable) ... Him I call indeed a Brahmana, the manly, the noble,
Him I call indeed a Brahmana, the manly, the noble, the hero, the great sage, the conqueror, the impassible, the accomplished, the awakened ... His thought is quiet, quiet are his word and deed,
His thought is quiet, quiet are his word and deed, when he has obtained freedom by true knowledge, when he has thus become a quiet man ... How do I know that it is so? By
How do I know that it is so? By these facts:--In the kingdom the multiplication of prohibitive enactments increases the poverty of the people; the more implements to add to their profit that the people have, the greater disorder is there in the state ... How do I know that this effect is sure to
How do I know that this effect is sure to hold thus all under the sky? By this (method of observation) ... How irresolute did those (earliest rulers) appear, showing (by their reticence)
How irresolute did those (earliest rulers) appear, showing (by their reticence) the importance which they set upon their words! Their work was done and their undertakings were successful, while the people all said, 'We are as we are, of ourselves!' ... How is there laughter, how is there joy, as this
How is there laughter, how is there joy, as this world is always burning? Why do you not seek a light, ye who are surrounded by darkness? ... Hunger is the worst of diseases, the body the greatest
Hunger is the worst of diseases, the body the greatest of pains; if one knows this truly, that is Nirvana, the highest happiness ... Hurry, the Scourge of America
The first sermon in the world was preached at the Creation. It was a Divine protest against Hurry. It was a Divine object lesson of perfect law, perfect plan, perfect order, perfect method. Six days of work carefully planned, scheduled and compl... I do not call a man a Brahmana because of
I do not call a man a Brahmana because of his origin or of his mother He is indeed arrogant, and he is wealthy: but the poor, who is free from all attachments, him I call indeed a Brahmana ...