..续本文上一页 who is) a dissembler, let one know him as an outcast. (126)

　　 13. ”Whosoever, having gone to another”s house and partaken of his good food, does not in return honour him when he comes, let one know him as an outcast. (127)

　　 14. ”Whosoever by falsehood deceives either a Brâhmana or a Samana or any other mendicant, let one know him as an outcast. (128)

　　 15. ”Whosoever by words annoys either a Brâhmana or a Samana when meal-time has come and does not give (him anything), let one know him as an outcast. (129)

　　 16. ”Whosoever enveloped in ignorance in this world predicts what is not (to take place), coveting a trifle, let one know him as an outcast. (130)

　　 17. ”Whosoever exalts himself and despises others, being mean by his pride, let one know him as an outcast. (131)

　　 18. ”Whosoever is a provoker and is avaricious, has sinful desires, is envious, wicked, shameless, and fearless of sinning, let one know him as an outcast. (132)

　　 19. ”Whosoever reviles Buddha or his disciple, be he a wandering mendicant (paribbâga) or a householder (gahattha), let one know him as an outcast. (133)

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　　 20. ”Whosoever without being a saint (arahat) pretends to be a saint, (and is) a thief in all the worlds including that of Brahman, he is indeed the lowest outcast; (all) these who have been described by me to you are indeed called outcasts. (134)

　　 21. ”Not by birth does one become an outcast, not by birth does one become a Brâmana; by deeds one becomes an outcast, by deeds one becomes a Brâmana. (135)

　　 22. ”Know ye this in the way that this example of mine (shows): There was a Kandâla of the Sopâka caste, well known as Mâtanga. (136)

　　 23. ”This Mâtanga reached the highest fame, such as was very difficult to obtain, and many Khattiyas and Brâmanas went to serve him. (137)

　　 24. ”He having mounted the vehicle of the gods, (and entered) the high road (that is) free from dust, having abandoned sensual desires, went to the Brahma world. (138)

　　 25. ”His birth did not prevent him from being re-born in the Brahma world; (on the other hand) there are Brâmanas, born in the family of preceptors, friends of the hymns (of the Vedas), (139)

　　 26. ”But they are continually caught in sinful deeds, and are to be blamed in this world, while in the coming (world) hell (awaits them); birth does not save them from hell nor from blame. (140)

　　 27. ”(Therefore) not by birth does one become an outcast, not by birth does one become a Brâmana, by deeds one becomes an outcast, by deeds one becomes a Brâmana.” (141)

　　 This having been said, the Brâmana Aggikabhâradvâga answered Bhagavat as follows:

　　 ”Excellent, O venerable Gotama! Excellent, O

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　　venerable Gotama! As one, O venerable Gotama, raises what has been overthrown, or reveals what has been hidden, or tells the way to him who has gone astray, or holds out an oil lamp in the dark that those who have eyes may see the objects, even so by the venerable Gotama in manifold ways the Dhamma has been illustrated; I take refuge in the venerable Gotama and in the Dhamma and in the Assembly of Bhikkhus. Let the venerable Gotama accept me as an upâsaka (a follower, me) who henceforth for all my life have taken refuge (in him).”

　　Vasalasutta is ended.

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　　8. METTASUTTA.

　　A peaceful mind and goodwill towards all beings are praised.--Text by Grimblot in Journal Asiatique, t. xviii (1871), p. 250, and by Childers in Khuddaka Pâtha, p. 15; translation (

　　) by Gogerly in the Ceylon Friend, 1839, p. 211, by Childers in Kh. Pâtha and by L. Feer in Journal Asiatique, t. xviii (1871), p. 328.

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