5.
The Discourse on the Brahmin
5.
Thus have I heard -
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park.
Now at that time the Venerable Sāriputta and the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna and the Venerable Mahākassapa and the Venerable Mahākaccāna and the Venerable Mahākoṭṭhika and the Venerable Mahākappina and the Venerable Mahācunda and the Venerable Anuruddha and the Venerable Revata and the Venerable Nanda approached the Blessed One.
The Blessed One saw those venerable ones coming from afar; having seen them, he addressed the monks - "These, monks, are brahmins coming; these, monks, are brahmins coming." When this was said, a certain monk of brahmin birth said this to the Blessed One - "In what way, venerable sir, is one a brahmin, and what are the qualities that make one a brahmin?"
Then the Blessed One, having understood this matter, at that time uttered this inspired utterance -
With mental fetters eliminated, enlightened, they indeed are brahmins in the world." The fifth.