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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 – 345<br />

The one who has overcome merit and demerit<br />

Ven. Sāriputta’s youngest brother Revata escaped from the<br />

household life and became a monk, and soon after became an<br />

Arahat; after the Rains Retreat the Buddha visited him, and by<br />

magic power Ven. Revata transformed the thorn thickets he<br />

lived in into something well-equipped and quite delightful; the<br />

monks proclaimed his merit, but the Buddha explained the<br />

elder has overcome all merit and demerit and spoke this verse.<br />

412. Yodha puññañ-ca pāpañ-ca ubho saṅgaṁ upaccagā,<br />

asokaṁ virajaṁ suddhaṁ, tam-ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ.<br />

Whoever here has overcome<br />

clinging to merit, demerit,<br />

who is griefless, dustless and pure,<br />

that one I say is a brahmin.

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