Vāseṭṭhasutta untranslated

Vāseṭṭhasutta 01. The young Brahmins, Vāseṭṭha and Bhāradvāja, fell to discussing one day, at Icchānaṅkala, as to what makes a true Brahmin. Bhāradvāja maintained that it was pure descent from seven generations of ancestors, with neither break nor blemish in the lineage, whereas Vāseṭṭha contended that virtue and moral behaviour made a true Brahmin. As neither could convince the other, they agreed to refer the matter to the Buddha, who said it was not birth but deeds which made the true Brahmin. MN.ii.196ff. The Sutta also occurs in Snp., p.115ff.; many of the verses are included in the Brāhmaṇavagga of the Dhammapada.

Vāseṭṭhasutta 02. The lay disciple Vāseṭṭha visits the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesālī and states that it would be a good thing for them, for many a day, if his kinsmen, Brahmins, tradesfolk, labourers, etc., kept the uposatha with the eightfold qualifications. The Buddha agrees, and says, further, that it would be good if not only gods and men but even the trees were to keep it. AN.iv.258.