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Greetings Joshua! I hope that you are well and had a very Happy Chinese New Year.

Sorry to bother you this time but I need your help. I created a sandbox article on my wiki account related to Assalayana Sutta in which the Buddha debates with a Brahmin and disputes the supremacy of Brahmin Caste. I wrote the sandbox article in my own words to escape the Copyright Violation but unfortunately, I couldn't find online sources to support my article except SuttaCentral and Accesstoinsight. Can you add some sources and help me to create my first ever article? Terabar (talk) 10:00, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

So, what's the purpose of this article? I you merely want to provide a summary, the lead suffices. Or do you want to write about the Buddha's stance toward Brahminism? In that case, you'll need secondary sources, not primary. Try Google, and Google scholar. Search for the name of the sutra, but also combinations like "Buddhism Brahmin supremacy." And beware of original reasearch! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 12:46, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Terabar, new articles should comply with Wikipedia:Notability. You need at least two good secondary sources about the Assalayana Sutta. We avoid to use religious texts as primary sources (the sutra text/translation) without referring to secondary sources that critically analyze them. I think the following book by Analayo, a revised version of the author's habilitation thesis - University of Marburg 2007, is a reliable secondary source.

Anālayo (2011). A comparative study of the Majjhima-nikāya, vol. 2, Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing, pp. 549-556 JimRenge (talk) 16:08, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks User: Joshua Jonathan and User: JimRenge for the suggestions. What do you think about this book, Caste and Buddhist Philosophy by Vincent Eltschinger? Can this and the other book [as you mentioned above] be taken as secondary sources? If you don't mind then can you both add some sources and help me? Terabar (talk) 13:21, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Vincent Eltschinger seems to be credible. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 13:35, 27 April 2017 (UTC)