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' Become Brahma '...


"He whose faith in the Tathagata is settled, rooted, established, solid, unshakeable by any ascetic or Brahmin, any deva or mara or Brahma or anyone in the world, can truly say: 'I am a true son of Blessed Lord (Bhagavan), born of his mouth, born of Dhamma, created by Dhamma, an heir of Dhamma.'

Why is that?

Because, Vasettha, this designates the Tathagata:

'The Body of Dhamma,' that is, 'The Body of Brahma,' or 'Become Dhamma,' that is, 'Become Brahma.'"



Digha Nikaya III.84,
Maurice Walshe
The Long Discourses of the Buddha
Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1995, p 409

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