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Dhammapada · Chapter 26: The Brahmana (Arhat)

Dhammapada 26.389

translated from Pāli by F. Max Müller, 1881

No one should attack a Brahmana, but no Brahmana (if attacked) should let himself fly at his aggressor! Woe to him who strikes a Brahmana, more woe to him who flies at his aggressor!

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