[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [With Soṇadaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4) › 16.9 # With Soṇadaṇḍa 16.9 Soṇadaṇḍasutta 16.9 - **Language:** Pāli ### [16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.16.9) ‘brāhmaṇosmī’ti ca vadamāno sammā vadeyya, na ca pana musāvādaṃ āpajjeyyā”ti. > ‘But of these three things, Brahman, is it possible to leave one out, and to declare the man who has the other two to be a Brahman, to be one who can accurately, and without falling into falsehood, claim to be a Brahman?’ > ‘Yes, Gotama, that could be done. We could leave out birth. For what does birth matter? If he have the other two ñ virtue and wisdom ñ Brahmans would still declare him to be a Brahman; and he could rightly, without danger of falsehood, claim to be one.’ > — Sonadanda Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) - [Previous: 16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.16.8) - [Next: 17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.17.1) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.16) ## Translations (1) - [Sonadanda Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~en-rhysdavids.1.16) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.22.34) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.16.9) · Pramāṇa