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1 Int | verses defining the true brahman in Chapter 26. The remaining
2 10 | contemplative~ a brahman~ a monk. ~
3 13(170)| between the Buddha and the brahman Mogharaja with a point similar
4 21 | its dependency -- ~the brahman, untroubled, travels on.~
5 21 | fifth, a tiger -- ~the brahman, untroubled, travels on. ~ ~
6 23 | blessing: reverence for a brahman, too.~A blessing into old
7 26(383)| addressed to a member of the brahman caste, is one of the few
8 26(383)| few in Dhp where the word brahman is used in its ordinary
9 26 | Having striven, brahman,~ cut the stream.~
10 26 | of fabrications,~ brahman,~ you know the Unmade. ~ ~
11 26 | When the brahman has gone~to the beyond of
12 26 | he's what I call~ a brahman. ~ ~
13 26 | he's what I call~ a brahman. ~ ~
14 26 | the warrior;~in jhana, the brahman.~But all day & all night,~
15 26 | He's called a brahman~ for having banished
16 26(389)| Some translators read "brahman" as the subject not only
17 26(389)| but also the first: "A brahman should/would not strike
18 26(389)| should/would not strike a brahman." However, this reading
19 26(389)| reading is unlikely, for a brahman (in this context, an arahant)
20 26(389)| strike anyone at all. If a brahman retaliates with anger to
21 26(389)| sign that he is not a true brahman: thus more shame on him
22 26 | One should not strike a brahman,~nor should the brahman~
23 26 | brahman,~nor should the brahman~let loose with his anger.~
24 26 | with his anger.~Shame on a brahman's killer.~More shame on
25 26 | killer.~More shame on the brahman~ whose anger's let loose. ~ ~
26 26 | Nothing's better for the brahman~than when the mind is held
27 26 | he's what I call~ a brahman. ~ ~
28 26(392)| Brahman" here is used in its ordinary
29 26 | him with respect -- ~as a brahman, the flame for a sacrifice. ~ ~
30 26 | clan, or by birth,~is one a brahman.~Whoever has truth~& rectitude:~
31 26 | is a pure one,~ he, a brahman. ~
32 26 | he's what I call~ a brahman. ~ ~
33 26 | I don't call one a brahman~for being born of a mother~
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62 Notes | slack, or elastic? Is the brahman in verse 393 happy, or is
63 Glo | Brahman:~The Brahmans of India have
64 Glo | Buddhists borrowed the term "brahman" to apply to arahants to
65 Glo | Dhammapada use the word brahman in this special sense; those
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