Dighanikaya 1.p2

1.p2

Imissā paṭhamamahāsaṅgītiyā vattamānāya vinayasaṅgahāvasāne suttantapiṭake ādinikāyassa ādisuttaṃ brahmajālaṃ pucchantena āyasmatā mahākassapena – ‘‘brahmajālaṃ, āvuso ānanda, kattha bhāsita’’nti, evamādivuttavacanapariyosāne yattha ca bhāsitaṃ, yañcārabbha bhāsitaṃ, taṃ sabbaṃ pakāsento āyasmā ānando evaṃ me sutantiādimāha. Tena vuttaṃ ‘‘brahmajālassāpi evaṃ me sutantiādikaṃ āyasmatā ānandena paṭhamamahāsaṅgītikāle vuttaṃ nidānamādī’’ti.

While this First Great Council was proceeding, at the conclusion of the compilation of the Vinaya, Venerable Mahākassapa, inquiring about the Brahmajāla—the first discourse of the first collection in the Basket of Discourses—said: ‘Where, friend Ānanda, was the Brahmajāla spoken?’ and so on. At the conclusion of these words, declaring everywhere it was spoken and on what account it was spoken, Venerable Ānanda spoke [the words] beginning with ‘Thus have I heard.’ Therefore it was said: ‘Even for the Brahmajāla, the opening is the introductory narrative beginning with “Thus have I heard,” spoken by Venerable Ānanda at the time of the First Great Council.’