Brahmajalasutta 1.11: 2.2. Majjhimasīla
Brahmajālasutta 1.11
- Language
- Pāli
2.2. Majjhimasīla
1.11.1
‘Yathā vā paneke bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā saddhādeyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ bījagāmabhūtagāmasamārambhaṃ anuyuttā viharanti,
‘There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still engage in injuring plants and seeds.
1.11.2
seyyathidaṃ—mūlabījaṃ khandhabījaṃ phaḷubījaṃ aggabījaṃ bījabījameva pañcamaṃ;
These include plants propagated from roots, trunks, cuttings, or joints; and those from regular seeds as the fifth.
1.11.3
iti evarūpā bījagāmabhūtagāmasamārambhā paṭivirato samaṇo gotamo’ti—
The ascetic Gotama refrains from such injury to plants and seeds.’
1.11.4
iti vā hi, bhikkhave, puthujjano tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
Such is an ordinary person’s praise of the Realized One.
Translations (5)
- Наставление о величайшей сети — Russian
- Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta — sr
- Das göttliche Netz — German
- The Divine Net — English
- Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli