{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_ud1.5/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_ud1.5","id":"suttacentral_ud1.5","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/ud1.5/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Now at that time a number of senior monks approached the Buddha\u2014the venerables S\u0101riputta, Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na, Mah\u0101kassapa, Mah\u0101kacc\u0101na, Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, Mah\u0101kappina, Mah\u0101cunda, Anuruddha, Revata, and Nanda. The Buddha saw them coming off in the distance, and addressed the mendicants: \u201cThese, mendicants, are brahmins coming! These are brahmins coming!\u201d When he said this, a certain mendicant who was brahmin by birth asked the Buddha, \u201cSir, how do you define a brahmin? And what are the things that make one a brahmin?\u201d Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment: \u201cHaving banished bad qualities, those who live always mindful, with fetters ended, awakened, they are the world\u2019s true brahmins.\u201d","title":"The Brahmin","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":128}