何が真のバラモンを作るのか——純粋な血統か徳ある行いか——について若きバラモン、ヴァーセッタとバーラドヴァージャが交わした論争を記した経で、仏陀は出自ではなく行為こそが真のバラモンを定めると裁定する

A discourse recording the debate between the young brahmins Vāseṭṭha and Bhāradvāja over what makes a true brahmin — pure lineage or virtuous conduct — which the Buddha settles by declaring that deeds, not birth, define the true brahmin.

在家信者ヴァーセッタが、親族が八斎戒を守れば良いと仏陀に提案し、仏陀もこれに同意して、木々でさえそれを守れば良いだろうと付け加える経

A discourse in which the lay disciple Vāseṭṭha suggests to the Buddha that it would be good if his kinsmen kept the eightfold uposatha, and the Buddha agrees, adding that it would be good if even the trees observed it.