[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Brahmajalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1) › 1.10.2 # Brahmajalasutta 1.10.2 Brahmajālasutta 1.10.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.10.2) iti vā hi, bhikkhave …pe…. > ‘Or he might say: > “Gotama the recluse holds himself aloof from causing injury to seeds or plants. He takes but one meal a day, not eating at night, refraining from food after hours (after midday). He refrains from being a spectator at shows at fairs, with nautch dances, singing, and music. He abstains from wearing, adorning, or ornamenting himself with garlands, scents, and unguents. He abstains from the use of large and lofty beds. He abstains from accepting silver or gold. He abstains from accepting uncooked grain. He abstains from accepting raw meat. He abstains from accepting women or girls. He abstains from accepting bondmen or bondwomen. He abstains from accepting sheep or goats. He abstains from accepting fowls or swine. He abstains from accepting elephants, cattle. horses, and mares. He abstains from accepting cultivated fields or waste. He abstains from the acting as a, go-between or messenger. He abstains from buying and selling. He abstains from cheating with scales or bronzes or measures. He abstains from the crooked ways of bribery, cheating, and fraud. He abstains from maiming, murder, putting in bonds, highway robbery, dacoity, and violence.” ‘Such are the things, brethren, which an unconverted man, when speaking in praise of the Tathāgata, might say.’ > Here ends the Cūla Sīla \[the Short Paragraphs on Conduct\] > Majjhima Sīla > — Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) - [Previous: 1.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.10.1) - [Next: 1.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.10.3) - [Up: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.10) ## Translations (3) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.1.10.2) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.1.10.2) — sr - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.1.10) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.11) — Classical Chinese - [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.10.2) · Pramāṇa