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Dhammapada

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  • XXVI - Brahmans
    • 393-394*:
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393-394*393:

Not by matted hair,
by clan, or by birth,
is one a brahman.
Whoever has truth
& rectitude:
    he is a pure one,
    he, a brahman.

What's394 the use of your matted hair,
    you dullard?
What's the use of your deerskin cloak?
The tangle's inside you.
You comb the outside.

 




393: "He is a pure one": reading so suci with the Thai edition, a reading supported by the Chinese translation of the Dhp.



394: In India of the Buddha's day, matted hair, etc., were regarded as visible signs of spiritual status.






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