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- Know it as such by this^30 illustration: There was the son of an out-
cast, known as Mátanga, a “dog-cooker.”^31 - This Mátanga attained to highest glory, difficult to -obtain. Many
warriors and Brahmins came to minister unto him. - Mounting the celestial vehicle^32 along the passionless high
waysf^33 he soared^34 the Brahma realm, having discarded sense-
desires. Birth did not prevent him from being reborn in the
Brahma realm. - There are Brahmins born in the family of preceptors,^35 kinsmen of
(Veda) hymns. They too are frequently seen addicted to evil deeds. - In this life itself they are despised, in the next they get a woeful
state. Birth does not preclude them either from a woeful state or
from condemnation. - By birth one is not an outcast, by birth one is not a Bráhmana. By
deeds is one an outcast, by deeds is one a Bráhmana.
When this was spoken, the Brahmin Aggika Bháradvája
addressed the Exalted One as follows:
“Excellent, O Venerable Gotama, Excellent! It is as if, O Ven-
erable Gotama, a man were to set upright that which was
overturned or were to reveal that which was hidden, or were to
point out the way to one who has gone astray, or were to hold a
lamp amidst the darkness, so that whoever has eyes may see,
even so has the Doctrine been expounded in various ways by
the Venerable Gotama.
And I seek refuge in the Venerable Gotama, the Doctrine,
and the Order of Disciples. May the Venerable Gotama receive - Comp. “Birth makes Brahmin, nor non-Brahmin makes; 'Tis life and doing that
mould the Bráhmaóa true. Their lives mould farmers, tradesmen, merchants, serfs;
Their lives mould robbers, soldiers, chaplains, kings.” (Váseþþha Sutta - The Buddha was alluding to a past birth of his, when as an outcast, he led an
exceptionally virtuous life, commanding the respect of all, and was born in the
Brahma realm. See Mátanga Játaka, No. 497. - Caóðála, outcast, signifies his low cast; Sopáka, which means one who cooks
corpses of dogs for self-consumption, indicates his degrading livelihood; and
Mátanga was the name by which he was known. (Comy.) - That is the Noble Eightfold Path which is capable of conveying one to the
Brahmá-realm. - Being the path followed by great personages such as the Buddha etc.
- After the dissolution of the body.
- Those who are engaged in the learning of the Veda.