Not by matted hair, nor by lineage,nor by birth does one become a holy man.But he in whom truth and righteousness existÑ he is pure, he is a holy man.– Dhammapada XXVI. Brahmanavagga: The Holy Man :: Verse 393
The monk who is calm in body, calm in speech, calm in thought, well-composedand who has spewn out worldlinessÑ he, truly, is called serene.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 378
What is the use of your matted hair, O witless man?What of your garment of antelope’s hide?Within you is the tangle (of passion);only outwardly do you cleanse yourself.– Dhammapada XXVI. Brahmanavagga: The Holy Man :: Verse 394
By oneself one must censure oneself and scrutinise oneself.The self-guarded and mindful monk will always live in happiness.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 379
One is one’s own protector, one is one’s own refuge.Therefore, one should control oneself,even as a trader controls a noble steed.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 380
Full of joy, full of faith in the Teaching of the Buddha,the monk attains the Peaceful State,the bliss of cessation of conditioned things.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 381
That monk who while young devotes himself to the Teaching of the Buddhaillumines this world like the moon freed from clouds.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 382
Exert yourself, O holy man! Cut off the stream (of craving),and discard sense desires.Knowing the destruction of all the conditioned things,become, O holy man, the knower of the Uncreated (Nibbana)!– Dhammapada XXVI. Brahmanavagga: The Holy Man :: Verse 383
When a holy man has reached the summit of two paths (meditative concentration and insight),he knows the truth and all his fetters fall away.– Dhammapada XXVI. Brahmanavagga: The Holy Man :: Verse 384
He for whom there is neither this shore nor the other shore,nor yet both, he who is free of cares and is unfetteredÑ him do I call a holy man.– Dhammapada XXVI. Brahmanavagga: The Holy Man :: Verse 385