Brahmin Assalāyanaperson
1 discourse
Challenged by the young prodigy Assalāyana on caste purity, the Buddha demonstrates through ethics, biology, and the story of Asita Devala that spiritual nobility depends on conduct, not birth.
PTS 2.147–2.156Challenged by the young prodigy Assalāyana on caste purity, the Buddha demonstrates through ethics, biology, and the story of Asita Devala that spiritual nobility depends on conduct, not birth.
PTS 2.147–2.156