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Dhammapada · 26.9

Yassa kāyena vācāya, manasā natthi dukkaṭaṃ;Saṃvutaṃ tīhi ṭhānehi, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

Yassa kayena vacaya, manasa natthi dukkatam; Samvutam tihi thanehi, tamaham brumi brahmanam.

He who does no wrong with body, speech, or mind — who is restrained in these three — him I call a brahmin.

— Dhammapada 26.9

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.

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