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List of ancient texts:

2600 BCE

“Instructions of 𒋢𒆳𒊒𒆠(?) (Šhuruppak)”

“Kesh temple hymn”

2400 BCE

“Cannibal Hymn“

“Code of 𒌷𒅗𒄀𒈾 (Urukagina)”

“Palermo stone”

2350 BCE

“The Maxims of (Ptahhotep)”

“𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 (Enheduanna)’s Hymns”

2250-900 BCE - “The Epic of Gilgamesh” (complete)

“Curse of Agade”

“Debate between Bird and Fish”

“Code of 𒌨𒀭𒇉 (Ur-Nammu)”

“Coffin Texts”

“Lament for 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Ur)”

“𒂗𒈨𒅕𒃸 (Enmerkar) and the Lord of Aratta”

2000-1900 BCE - “Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor“

“Laws of Eshnunna”

“Legend of Etana”

“Code of Lipit-Ishtar”

“The Eloquent Peasant”

“Story of Sinuhe”

“Dispute between a man and his Ba”

“Loyalist Teaching”

“Kültepe texts”’

“𒉣𒆠 (Eridu) Genesis”

𒂊𒉡𒈠𒂊𒇺 (Enûma Eliš)

”Altra-Hasis epic”

“Code of Hammurabi”

“Epic of Zimri-Lim”

ऋग्वेद (Ṛgveda)

“Ipuwer Papyrus”

“Code of the Nesilim”

Egyptian “Book of the Dead”

“Poor Man of 𒂗𒆤𒆠 (Nippur)”

“Hittite military oath”

“Dynasty of Dunnum”

“Marriage of 𒀭𒄊𒀕𒃲 (Nergal) and 𒀭𒊩𒆠𒃲 (Ereshkigal)”

“Autobiography of  (Kurigalzu)”

“Amarna letters”

“Great Hymn to the Aten”

“Papyrus of Ani”

“Tukulti-Ninurta Epic”

“Tale of Two Brothers”

यजुर्वेद (Yajurveda)

अथर्ववेद (Atharvaveda)

सामवेद (Sāmaveda)

“Story of Wenamun”

“Diagnostic Omens”

“The Babylonian Theodicy of Šaggil-kīnam-ubbib“

詩 (Shījīng (Classic of Poetry))

書 (Shūjīng (Book of Documents))

易 (Yìjīng (I Ching))

תּוֹרָה (Torah)

“Epic of Erra”

Ἰλιάς (Iliás (Iliad))

Ὀδύσσεια (Odýsseia (Odyssey))

ब्राह्मणम् (Brāhmaṇa)

आरण्यक (Āraṇyaka)

Θεογονία (Theogonía (Theogony))

Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι (Erga kai Hēmerai (Works and Days))

孫子兵法 (Sūnzǐ bīngfǎ (’Master Sun’s Military Methods’, The Art of War))

बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद् (Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad)

छांदोग्योपनिषद् (Chāndogyopaniṣad)

Αἴσωπος (Aisōpos) - Aesop’s Fables

ऐतरेय उपनिषद् (Aitareya Upanishad)

तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद् (Taittirīya Upanishad)

केन उपनिषद्(?) (Kenopaniṣat)

Yašts

春秋 (Chūnqiū (Spring and Autumn Annals))

論語 (Lúnyǔ (’Edited Conversations’, Analects))

禮記 (Lǐjì (’Record of Rites’))

左傳 (Zuǒ zhuàn (’Zuo Tradition’, Commentaries of Zuo))

Πίνδαρος (Pindaros (Pindar))’s Odes

Ἱστορίαι (’Histories’, The Histories of Herodotus)

Ἱστορίαι (’Histories’, The Histories of the Peloponnesian War)

Ἱκέτιδες (Hiketides ([Aeschylus’] The Suppliants))

Πέρσαι (Persai (The Persians))

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας (Hepta epi Thēbas (Seven Against Thebes))

Ὀρέστεια (Oresteia)

Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (Oedipus Tyrannus (’Oedipus the Tyrant’ Oedipus Rex))

Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ (Oidipous epi Kolōnōi (Oedipus at Colonus))

Ἀντιγόνη ([Sophocles��] Antigone)

Ἠλέκτρα ([Sophocles’] Ēlektra)

Ἄλκηστις (Alkēstis)

Μήδεια (Mēdeia)

Ἡρακλεῖδαι (Children of Heracles)

Ἱππόλυτος (Hippolytus)

Ἀνδρομάχη (Andromache)

Ἑκάβη (Hecuba)

Ἱκέτιδες ([Euripides’] The Suppliants)

Ἠλέκτρα ([Euripides’] Electra)

Ἡρακλῆς μαινόμενος ([Euripides’] Herakles)

Τρῳάδες (The Trojan Women)

Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Ταύροις (Iphigenia in Tauris)

Ἴων (Ion)

Ἑλένη (Helen)

Φοίνισσαι (The Phoenician Women)

Ὀρέστης (Orestes)

Βάκχαι (The Bacchae)

Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι (Iphigenia in Aulis)

Κύκλωψ (Cyclops)

Ῥῆσος (Rhesus)

Ἀχαρνεῖς (The Acharnians)

Ἱππεῖς (The Knights)

Νεφέλαι (The Clouds)

Σφῆκες (The Wasps)

Εἰρήνη (Peace)

Ὄρνιθες (The Birds)

Λυσιστράτη (Lysistrata)

Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι (Thesmophoriazusae)

Βάτραχοι (The Frogs)

Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι (Assemblywomen)

Πλοῦτος (Plutus)

Dead Sea Scrolls

ईशोपनिषद् (īśopaniṣad)

कठोपनिषद् (Kaṭhopaniṣad)

प्रश्न उपनिषद् (Praśnopaniṣad)

मुण्डक उपनिषद् (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad)

माण्डूक्य उपनिषद् (Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad)

道德經 (Dàodéjīng (’The Classic of the Way and Its Power’, Tao te Ching/Laozi/Lao Tzu))

莊子 (Zhuāngzǐ (’[The Writings of] Zhuangzi’))

孟子 (Mèngzǐ (’[The Writings of] Master Meng’, Mencius))

Ἀνάβασις ([Xenophon’s] Anabasis)

Κύρου παιδεία (’The Education of Cyrus’, Cyropaedia)

Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια (Nicomachean Ethics)

τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά (Metaphysics)

Εὐθύφρων (Euthyphro)

Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους (’Apology Socrates’, Apology)

Κρίτων (Crito)

Θεαίτητος (Theaetetus)

Παρμενίδης (Parmenides)

Συμπόσιον (Symposium)

Φαῖδρος (Phaedrus)

Πρωταγόρας (Protagoras)

Γοργίας (Gorgias)

Μένων (Meno)

Μενέξενоς (Menexenus)

Πολιτεία (Republic)

Τίμαιος (Timaeus)

Στοιχεῖα ([Euclid’s] Elements)

Δύσκολος (Dyskolos)

Περὶ φυτῶν ἱστορία (Enquiry into Plants)

Avesta

Liber Linteus (Linen Book of Zagreb)

Khaḍgaviṣāna Sūkta

Aṣṭaka Varga

Pārāyana Varga

தொல்காப்பியம் (Tholkāppiyam)

Ἀργοναυτικά (Argonautica)

Αἰγυπτιακά (Aegyptiaca)

Poenulus (aka. The Little Carthaginian, The Little Punic)

Miles Gloriosus (The Swaggering Soldier, Vainglorious Soldier)

சங்க இலக்கியம் (Sangam literature)

महाभारतम् (Mahābhāratam)

रामायणम् (Rāmāyaṇam)

Vendidad (aka. Videvdat)

太史公書 (Tàishǐgōng shū (’Records of the Grand Historian(s)’))

Ἱστορίαι ([Polybius’] The Histories)

Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα (’The Translation of the Seventy’, Septuagint)

Adelphoe (aka. Adelphoi, Adelphi, The Brothers)

Andria (The Girl from Andros)

Eunuchus (The Eunuch)

Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)

तिपिटक(?) (Tipiṭaka)

Catiline Orations

Pro Caelio

Somnium Scipionis (Dream of Scipio)

Commentāriī dē Bellō Gallicō (Commentaries on the Gallic War)

Eclogae (Eclogues)

Georgica (Georgics)

Aeneis (Aeneid)

De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things)

Ab Urbe Condita Libri ([Livy’s] History of Rome)

漢書 (Hàn shū (Book of Han))

[Plutarch’s] Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans (aka. Parallel Lives, Plutarch’s Lives)

Φλαυίου Ἰωσήπου ἱστορία Ἰουδαϊκοῦ πολέμου πρὸς Ῥωμαίους βιβλία (’Flavius Josephus’ Books of the History of the Jewish War against the Romans’, The Jewish War)

Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία (Antiquities of the Jews, aka. Judean Antiquities)

??? (Against Apion)

Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη (The New Testament)

De Origine et situ Germanorum (’On the Origin and Situation of the Germans’, Tacitus’ Germania)

Metamorphōseōn librī (’Books of Transformations’, Metamorphoses)

Naturalis Historia ([Pliny’s] Natural History)

Satyricon liber (’The Book of Satyrlike Adventures‘, Satyricon)

Phaedra ([Seneca’s] Phaedra)

[Seneca the Younger’s Dialogues]

बुद्धचरितम् (Buddhacarita)

ʾyʾtkʾr y zryrn ()

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Regarding the previous quote:

[Chapter XXVI. The Brâhmana (Arhat).,] 423. …and whose perfections are all perfect.

I believe the ‘perfections’ refers to the Pāramitā:

1. Dāna pāramī: generosity, giving of oneself

2. Sīla pāramī: virtue, morality, proper conduct

3. Nekkhamma pāramī: renunciation

4. Paññā pāramī: transcendental wisdom, insight

5. Viriya pāramī: energy, diligence, vigour, effort

6. Khanti pāramī: patience, tolerance, forbearance, acceptance, endurance

7. Sacca pāramī: truthfulness, honesty

8. Adhiṭṭhāna pāramī: determination, resolution

9. Mettā pāramī: goodwill, friendliness, loving-kindness

10. Upekkhā pāramī: equanimity, serenity

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423. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who knows his former abodes, who sees heaven and hell, has reached the end of births, is perfect in knowledge, a sage, and whose perfections are all perfect.

Buddha

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422. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana, the manly, the noble, the hero, the great sage, the conqueror, the impassible, the accomplished, the awakened.

Buddha

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418. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who has left what gives pleasure and what gives pain, who is cold, and free from all germs (of renewed life), the hero who has conquered all the worlds.

Buddha

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417. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who, after leaving all bondage to men, has risen above all bondage to the gods, and is free from all and every bondage.

Buddha

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414. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who has traversed this miry road, the impassable world and its vanity, who has gone through, and reached the other shore, is thoughtful, guileless, free from doubts, free from attachment, and content.

Buddha

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413. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who is bright like the moon, pure, serene, undisturbed, and in whom all gaiety is extinct.

Buddha

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412. Him I call a Brâhmana who in this world is above good and evil, above the bondage of both, free from grief, from sin, and from impurity.

Buddha

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410. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who fosters no desires for this world or for the next, has no inclinations, and is unshackled.

Buddha

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408. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who utters true speech, instructive and free from harshness, so that he offend[s] no one.

Buddha

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403. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana whose knowledge is deep, who possesses wisdom, who knows the right way and the wrong, and has attained the highest end.

Buddha

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402. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who, even here, knows the end of his suffering, has put down his burden, and is unshackled.

Buddha

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401. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who does not cling to pleasures, like water on a lotus leaf, like a mustard seed on the point of a needle.

Buddha

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400. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who is free from anger, dutiful, virtuous, without appetite, who is subdued, and has received his last body.

Buddha