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Brahmajalasutta 1.22

Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) 1.22

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1.22

‘Or he might say: “Whereas some recluses and Brahmans, while living on food provided by the faithful, earn their living by wrong means of livelihood, by low arts, such as these:
Knowledge of the signs of good and bad qualities in the following things and of the marks in them denoting the health or luck of their owners: to wit, gems, staves, garments, swords, arrows, bows, other weapons, women, men, boys, girls, slaves, slave-girls, elephants, horses, buffaloes, bulls, oxen, goats, sheep, fowls, quails, iguanas, earrings, tortoises, and other animals.”
‘Gotama the recluse holds aloof from such low arts.’

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