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Buddhism
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who fosters no desires for this world or for the next, has no inclinations, and is unshackled.
Plain English · paraphraseI call him indeed a Brahmana who has no desires for this world or for the next, who has no inclinations, and who is unshackled.
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who has no interests, and when he has understood (the truth), does not say How, how? and who has reached the depth of the Immortal.
Plain English · paraphraseI call a true Brahmana the one who has no personal interests, and when he understands the truth, does not ask "How? How?" but has reached the depth of the Immortal.
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 is bright like the moon, pure, serene, undisturbed, and in whom all gaiety is extinct.
Plain English · paraphraseI call him indeed a Brahmana who is bright like the moon, pure, calm, undisturbed, and in whom all joy is gone.
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who has traversed this miry road, the impassable world and its vanity, who has gone through, and reached the other shore, is thoughtful, guileless, free from doubts, free from attachment, and content.
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, leaving all longings, travels about without a home, and in whom all covetousness is extinct.
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 has left what gives pleasure and what gives pain, who is cold, and free from all germs (of renewed life), the hero who has conquered all the worlds.
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 whose path the gods do not know, nor spirits (Gandharvas), nor men, whose passions are extinct, and who is an Arhat (venerable).
Plain English · paraphraseI call a Brahmana indeed one whose path the gods do not know, nor spirits (Gandharvas), nor men. His passions are extinct, and he is an Arhat (venerable).
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who calls nothing his own, whether it be before, behind, or between, who is poor, and free from the love of the world.
Him I call indeed a Brahmana, the manly, the noble, the hero, the great sage, the conqueror, the impassible, the accomplished, the awakened.
Him I call indeed a Brahmana who knows his former abodes, who sees heaven and hell, has reached the end of births, is perfect in knowledge, a sage, and whose perfections are all perfect.