[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [瑜伽師地論略纂](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829) › 3.97 # 瑜伽師地論略纂 3.97 瑜伽師地論略纂 3.97 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3.97) 妄計最勝中，文亦有四。　「婆羅門是白淨種」者，非白色也。　「可得清淨」者，修行潔戒可得淨故。　「口腹所生」者，稟教而生，親所生故。剎帝利是梵王膝生，吠舍等是足所生。　「以見世間真婆羅門性具戒故」者，見內出家、真淨修行、奉律持戒、淨修梵行、諸律師等真婆羅門，彼貪名利及恭敬方便自顯，故作是計。 > In falsely reckoning superiority, the text also has four parts. Regarding “Brahmins are the white and pure caste”: this does not mean the white colour. “Purity can be attained” means: because practicing clean precepts allows purity to be attained. “Born from mouth and belly”: born receiving teachings, because of being born directly. Kṣatriyas are born from Brahmā’s knees; Vaiśyas and others are born from the feet. Regarding “Because they see in the world true Brahmins possessing precepts naturally”: seeing those who have renounced household life within \[the Dharma\], practice truly and purely, uphold the vinaya and maintain the precepts, purely cultivate the brahmacaryā—the vinaya masters and other true Brahmins—and coveting fame, gain, and respect as an expedient to display themselves, they fabricate this reckoning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3.96) - [Next: 3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3.98) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829~en-mt.3.97) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [瑜伽論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.2.338) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3.97) · Pramāṇa