DHAMMAPADA XIX, 11

Syair 266

Seseorang tidak dapat disebut bhikkhu hanya karena semata-mata ia pindapatta (mencari sedekah). Selama masih belum bertingkah laku suci, ia belum dapat disebut bhikkhu.

Ora saben wong pantes sinebut bhikkhu, menawa dheweke isih dhemen njejaluk marang liyan. Luwihdene ora patut sinebut bhikkhu menawa pratingkahe isih kaya wong kang sesomahan.

A man is not a mendicant (Bhikshu) simply because he asks for alms; he who adopts the whole Dharma is a Bhikshu, not he who only begs.

na tena bhikkhu hoti

yvat bhikkhate pare

vissa dhamma samdya

bhikkhu hoti na tvat

Sumber:

Kitab Suci DHAMMAPADA, Bodhimandala Rumah Suci (Surabaya), Bodhimandala Sanggar Suci (Lawang), 1989

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