Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

25: The Chapter about Monastics – 135
Alaṅkato ce pi samaṁ careyya,
Even if he were to adorn himself,
santo danto niyato brahmacārī,
(but) is peaceful, trained, settled, spiritual,
sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṁ,
and has put aside the stick towards all beings,
so brāhmaṇo so samaṇo sa bhikkhu. [142]
he is a brahmin, an ascetic, a monastic.
Na tena bhikkhu hoti yāvatā bhikkhate pare,
One is not a monastic merely through eating others’ almsfood,
vissaṁ Dhammaṁ samādāya bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā. [266]
the one who undertakes a false Dhamma to that extent is not a monastic.
Yodha puññañ-ca pāpañ-ca bāhetvā brahmacar i yavā,
* If he is one who lives the holy life here, warding off both merit and demerit,
saṅkhāya loke carati sa ce, bhikkhū ti vuccati. [267]
and wanders with discrimination in the world, that one is said to be a monastic.
Na sīlabbatamattena, bāhusaccena vā pana,
Not merely through virtue or vows, or through great learning,
atha vā samādhilābhena, vivittasayanena vā, [271]
or through the attainment of concentration, or through a secluded dwelling,
phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṁ, aputhujjanasevitaṁ;
do I attain the happiness of renunciation, not practised by worldly people;
bhikkhu vissāsa’ māpādi appatto āsavakkhayaṁ. [272]
let a monastic not be confident (as long as) the destruction of the pollutants is unattained.