'Venerable Gotama, there are the ancient holy scriptures of the
Brahmins handed down along the line by unbroken oral tradition
of texts. With regard to them, Brahmins come to the absolute
conclusion: " T h i s alone is Truth, and everything else is false".
N o w , what does the Venerable Gotama say about this ?'
T h e Buddha inquired: ' A m o n g Brahmins is there any one
single Brahmin w h o claims that he personally knows and sees that
" T h i s alone is Truth, and everything else is false." ?'
T h e young man was frank, and said: ' N o ' .
'Then, is there any one single teacher, or a teacher of teachers of
Brahmins back to the seventh generation, or even any one of
those original authors of those scriptures, w h o claims that he
knows and he sees: " T h i s alone is Truth, and everything else is
f a l s e " ? '
' N o . '
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