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Udàna 1: Bodhivaggo
The Chapter (including the Discourses) about the Awakening (Tree)
4: The Discourse about the Banyan (Tree)
Thus I heard:
at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Uruvelà, on the bank of the river Neraÿjarà, at the root of the Goatherd's Banyan tree, in the first (period) after attaining Awakening.
Then at that time the Gracious One was sitting in one cross-legged posture for seven days experiencing the happiness of freedom.
Then with the passing of those seven days, the Gracious One arose from that concentration. Then a certain bràhmaõa who was by nature a grumbler went to the Gracious One, and after going he exchanged greetings with the Gracious One. After exchanging courteous talk and greetings, he stood on one side. While stood on one side that bràhmaõa said this to the Gracious One: ßTo what extent, dear Gotama, is one a bràhmaõa? And again what things make one a bràhmaõa?û
Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it, on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
ßThat bràhmaõa who has removed bad things,
Not grumbling, free from blemish, self-restrained,
With perfect understanding, (and) the spiritual life accomplished,
Righteously he might speak a word about the Brahman,
For him there is no arrogance anywhere in the world.û