A BRAHMANA IS HE WHO HAS GIVEN UP LIKES AND DISLIKES
Hitva ratin ca aratin ca sitibhutam nirupadhim
Sabba lokabhibhum viram tam aham brumi brahmanam.[418]
He who has given up likes,1and dislikes,2who is cooled and is without defilements,3
who has conquered the world,4and is strenuous, - him I call a brahmana. [418]
As in the previous story, the dancer had entered the Order and had attained Arahanthood. The Buddha said, 'Bhikkhus! Nata Puttaka has given up taking delight in all things.'
Notes:
- That is, attachment to sense-desires.
- Arati = dislike for forest life. (Commentary)
- Upadhi- there are four kinds ofupadhi; - namely, the aggregates (khandha), the passions (kilesa), volitional activities (abhisamkhara), sense-desires (kama).
- That is, the world of Aggregates.