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References:
Mulapariyaya Resources section of BuddhaDust
PTS: Middle Length Sayings I, #1: Discourse on the Synopsis of Fundamentals, Horner, trans., pp 3.
WP: Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: The Root of All Things, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans., pp 83
Examining the Mulapariyaya -- Analysis
The Root Sequence, Bhikkhu Thanissaro, translation of the Mulapariyaya
Pali | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward |
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Brahm¤ | Brahma, God | Brahma | Brahma | Brahma | Brahma | Brahma | Brahma | Brahma | Brahma |
Brahm¤: [cp. Vedic brahm¤n, m., one who prays or chants hymns] 1. the god Brahm¤ chief of the gods, often represented as the creator of the Universe...also called Mah¤brahm¤, Sahampati (the name/form used to ask the Buddha to Teach--mo), Sana¸kum¤ra. The duration of his life is given as being 1 kalpa (mo: one full evolution and devolution of the World). 2. a brahma god, a happy and blameless celestial being, an inhabitant of the higher heavens (brahma-loka; in which to be reborn is a reward of great merit) |
"The house in which Mother (MA) and Father (PA) are reveranced, beggars is like the house of Brahm¤. Mother and Father are like Brahm¤, Beggars."
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