The chapter on Brahmins means that their words and deeds are pure and their philosophical studies are unstained, which can be called the way of a Daoist. | 梵志品者，言行清白，理学无秽，可称道士。 |
Crossing the stream without attachment, like a brahman, knowing that actions are exhausted, this is called a brahman.
| 截流而渡， 无欲如梵，知行已尽，是谓梵志；
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Using the non-dual Dharma to purify and cross the abyss
with the bonds of desires untied, this is called a brahman.
| 以无二法， 清净渡渊，诸欲结解， 是谓梵志；
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Adapting to the non-existence of the other, the other is already empty. Abandoning greed and desire, this is called a brahman.
| 适彼无彼，彼彼已空，舍离贪婬， 是谓梵志；
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Contemplating without defilement, practicing without leakage, seeking the higher without arising, this is called a brahman.
| 思惟无垢， 所行不漏，上求不起，是谓梵志。
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The sun shines during the day, the moon shines at night, armor and weapons shine on the army, meditation
shines on the practitioners of the Way; when the Buddha appears in the world, he shines on all darkness.
| 日照于昼、 月照于夜、甲兵照军、 禅照道人；佛出天下，照一切冥。
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Not shaving to become a śramaṇa, not calling oneself a brahman, being
able to abandon all evil, that is called a practitioner of the Way;
| 非剃为沙门， 称吉为梵志，谓能舍众恶， 是则为道人；
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Emerging from evil is a brahman, entering the right path is a
śramaṇa, abandoning the impure practices of self, that is called leaving the household.
| 出恶为梵志， 入正为沙门，弃我众秽行， 是则为舍家。
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If one relies on love, the mind is without attachment, having abandoned and corrected, this is the cessation of all suffering.
| 若猗于爱， 心无所著，已舍、已正，是灭众苦。
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Body, speech, and mind are pure and without fault, able
to abandon the three practices, this is called a brahman.
| 身、口与意， 净无过失，能舍三行， 是谓梵志。
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If the mind understands the Dharma taught by the Buddha, contemplating the mind and taking refuge, it is purified like water.
| 若心晓了，佛所说法，观心自归， 净于为水。
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Not having matted hair is called a brahman; truly practicing the Dharma, pure and white, then one is wise.
| 非蔟结发， 名为梵志；诚行法行，清白则贤。
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Adorning the hair without wisdom, what use is a grass robe? Not
being free from attachment within, what benefit is there in abandoning externally?
| 饰发无慧， 草衣何施？内不离著， 外舍何益？
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Wearing tattered and evil robes, personally practicing the Dharma, dwelling in seclusion and contemplating, this is called a brahman;
| 被服弊恶，躬承法行，闲居思惟， 是谓梵志；
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The Buddha does not teach them to praise themselves and claim their own accomplishments. Only if it is true and not false, is it called a brahman;
| 佛不教彼， 赞己自称，如谛不妄，乃为梵志；
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Cutting off all desires, not indulging in lustful thoughts
abandoning the counting of desires, this is called a brahman;
| 绝诸可欲， 不婬其志，委弃欲数， 是谓梵志；
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Cutting off the river of birth and death, being able to endure and cross over, awakening oneself and emerging from the moat, this is called a brahman;
| 断生死河，能忍起度，自觉出堑， 是谓梵志；
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Seeing scolding and seeing beating, silently enduring without anger, having the power of patience, this is called a brahman;
| 见骂见击， 默受不怒，有忍辱力，是谓梵志；
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If one sees encroachment and deception, only thinking of guarding the
precepts, regulating one's body and mind, this is called a brahman;
| 若见侵欺， 但念守戒，端身自调， 是谓梵志；
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Discarding evil dharmas like a snake shedding its skin, not defiled by desire, this is called a brahman;
| 心弃恶法，如蛇脱皮，不为欲污， 是谓梵志；
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Being aware that birth is suffering, from this extinguishing the mind, able to lay down the heavy burden, this is called a brahman;
| 觉生为苦， 从是灭意，能下重担，是谓梵志；
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Understanding subtle wisdom, discerning the path and what is not
the path, embodying the supreme meaning, this is called a brahman;
| 解微妙慧， 辩道不道，体行上义， 是谓梵志；
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Abandoning the household life, without the fear of a household, having few desires and few wishes, this is called a brahman;
| 弃捐家居，无家之畏，少求寡欲， 是谓梵志；
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Abandoning the killing of living beings, having no mind of harming or robbing, causing no harm or trouble, this is called a brahman;
| 弃放活生， 无贼害心，无所娆恼，是谓梵志；
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Avoiding disputes and not disputing, being angry but not
resentful, treating evil with kindness, this is called a brahman;
| 避争不争， 犯而不愠，恶来善待， 是谓梵志；
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Abandoning lust, anger, delusion, arrogance, and all evils, like a snake shedding its skin, this is called a brahman;
| 去婬怒痴，憍慢诸恶，如蛇脱皮， 是谓梵志；
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Cutting off worldly affairs, with no harsh words, examining the eightfold path, this is called a brahman;
| 断绝世事， 口无麤言，八道审谛，是谓梵志；
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The evil dharmas of the world, whether long or short, large
or small, without acceptance or rejection, this is called a brahman;
| 所世恶法， 修短巨细，无取、无舍， 是谓梵志；
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Purity in this world, no defilement in the next world, without practice or rejection, this is called a brahman;
| 今世行净、后世无秽，无习、无舍， 是谓梵志；
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Abandoning the body without clinging, not reciting different practices, practicing the cessation of ambrosia, this is called a brahman;
| 弃身无猗， 不诵异行，行甘露灭，是谓梵志；
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Permanently eliminating both sinful and meritorious practices, without
sorrow or defilement, this is called a brahman;
| 于罪与福， 两行永除，无忧、无尘， 是谓梵志；
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The mind is joyful and free from defilements, like the full moon, slander and criticism are eliminated, this is called a brahman;
| 心喜无垢，如月盛满，谤毁已除， 是谓梵志；
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Seeing the foolish transmigrating, falling into pits and suffering, wishing to single-handedly cross to the
other shore, not liking others' words, only extinguishing and not arising, this is called a brahman;
| 见痴往来， 堕堑受苦，欲单渡岸，不好他语，唯灭不起， 是谓梵志；
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Having already severed affection and love, leaving home without desires, the love of existence is already exhausted, this is called a brahman;
| 已断恩爱， 离家无欲，爱有已尽，是谓梵志；
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Departing from the gathering of people, not falling into the gathering
of gods, not returning to any gathering, this is called a brahman;
| 离人聚处， 不堕天聚，诸聚不归， 是谓梵志；
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Abandoning pleasure and non-pleasure, extinguishing the non-warmth and non-heat, being strong and going against the world, this is called a brahman;
| 弃乐无乐，灭无煴燸，健违诸世， 是谓梵志；
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Having completed what is to be born, dying without going anywhere, being awakened and at ease without relying on anything, this is called a brahman;
| 所生已讫， 死无所趣，觉安无依，是谓梵志；
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Having already crossed the five paths, not knowing where to fall
with the practice exhausted without remainder, this is called a brahman;
| 已度五道， 莫知所堕，习尽无余， 是谓梵志；
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In the past, in the future, and in the present, there is nothing, no grasping, no abandoning, this is called a brahman;
| 于前、于后，乃中无有，无操、无舍， 是谓梵志；
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The most valiant and courageous, able to liberate oneself, the awakened mind is unmoving, this is called a brahman;
| 最雄、最勇， 能自解度，觉意不动，是谓梵志；
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Knowing one's own past lives, having experienced them before, attaining the end of birth, the
wisdom of the profound path, illuminating and able to be silent, this is called a brahman;
| 自知宿命， 本所更来，得要生尽， 叡通道玄，明如能默，是谓梵志。
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