Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.444
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.444
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v2.c30.444
Bhikkhaka Sutta.—A mendicant brahmin of Sāvatthi asks the Buddha if there be any difference between the Buddha and himself, they both being mendicants. Mere mendicancy does not make a “*bhikkhu*,” answers the Buddha; the true *bhikkhu* is he who has cast out all wickedness.¹