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Brahmajalasutta 1.11.1-4

Brahmajālasutta 1.11.1-4

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Pāli

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.

The Divine Net

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.

The Divine Net

1.11.3

iti evarūpā bījagāmabhūtagāmasamārambhā paṭivirato samaṇo gotamo’ti—

The ascetic Gotama refrains from such injury to plants and seeds.’

The Divine Net

1.11.4

iti vā hi, bhikkhave, puthujjano tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.

Such is an ordinary person’s praise of the Realized One.

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