Dhammapada

	DHAMMAPADA XXVI, 11
	Syair 393

Bukan karena rambut dijalin, keturunan atau pun kasta maka seseorang menjadi Brahmana. Tetapi, orang yang memiliki kejujuran dan kebenaran, sesungguhnya ia seorang yang suci, seorang Brahmana.

Dudu karana rambute di klabang; ora karana turunan, uga ora karana kasta kang nemtokake sawijining wong iku sawijining Brahmana. Sawijining wong sinebut Brahmana mono manawa sajroning pribadi-ne kasinungan Kasunyatan sarta Kabecikan.

A man does not become a Brâhmana by his platted hair, by his family, or by birth; in whom there is truth and righteousness, he is pure, he is a Brâhmana.

na jathi na gottena

na jacc hoti brhmano

yamhi saccañ ca dhammo ca

so suc so ca brhmano

Sumber:

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