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Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with their story and moral.

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26: The Chapter about Brahmins – 338<br />

The one who neither hurts nor kills<br />

A monk was given a subject of meditation, went to the forest,<br />

and became an Arahat; as he was travelling a woman who had<br />

quarrelled with her husband followed close behind; when the<br />

husband saw them he thrashed the monk; the monks could not<br />

believe he had not got angry with the man, but the Buddha<br />

confirmed his purity with this verse.<br />

405. Nidhāya daṇḍaṁ bhūtesu tasesu thāvaresu ca,<br />

yo na hanti na ghāteti, tam-ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ.<br />

Whoever has laid down the stick<br />

used against fearful and fearless<br />

beings, who neither hurts nor kills,<br />

that one I say is a brahmin.

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